Profil

Cools Mario

Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité

UEE

See author's contact details
ORCID
0000-0003-3098-2693
Main Referenced Co-authors
Saadi, Ismaïl  (65)
Wets, Geert (63)
Teller, Jacques  (61)
Janssens, Davy (40)
Mustafa, Ahmed Mohamed El Saeid  (32)
Main Referenced Keywords
Geography, Planning and Development (8); Flood risk (7); Transportation (7); cellular automata (5); motorcyclist (5);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège (125)
LEMA - Local Environment Management and Analysis (97)
LEMA (17)
LEMA : Local Environment Management & Analysis (16)
UEE - Urban and Environmental Engineering - ULiège (15)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Civil engineering (151)
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...) (143)
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others (46)
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others (14)
Architecture (7)

Publications (total 225)

The most downloaded
2814 downloads
Caris, A., Limbourg, S., Macharis, C., van Lier, T., & Cools, M. (2014). Integration of inland waterway transport in the intermodal supply chain: a taxonomy of research challenges. Journal of Transport Geography, 41, 126–136. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.022 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/172086

The most cited

220 citations (OpenAlex)

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Weather on Traffic Intensity. Weather, Climate, and Society, 2 (1), 60–68. doi:10.1175/2009WCAS1014.1 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/132892

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2024). Tensor Decomposition for Spatiotemporal Mobility Pattern Learning with Mobile Phone Data. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi:10.1177/03611981241270166
Peer reviewed

Nguyen, S.-T., Moeinaddini, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (May 2024). Applying a Bayesian network for modelling the shift from motorcycle to public transport use in Vietnam. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 183, 104062. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2024.104062
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Nguyen, S.-T., Moeinaddini, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (April 2024). Unveiling the drivers of modal switch from motorcycles to public transport in Southeast Asia. Transportation Research. Part F, Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 102, 373-391. doi:10.1016/j.trf.2024.03.009
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Deuse, C., & Reiter, S. (2024). Biases in self-reported travel behaviour: Effects on self-reported travel distance, travel time and rain prevalence. Transportation Research Procedia, 76, 62 - 69. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.038
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Kuhnimhof, T., Fabre, L., & Cools, M. (2024). Workshop synthesis: Data Fusion - Generating More Than a Sum of Parts. Transportation Research Procedia, 76, 670 - 677. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.090
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Van Droogenbroeck, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (December 2023). A longitudinal analysis of the COVID-19 effects on the variability in human activity spaces in Quito, Ecuador. Journal of Transport Geography, 113, 103735. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103735
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cisterna, C.* , Madani, N.* , Bandiera, C.* , Viti, F., & Cools, M. (December 2023). MaaS modelling: a review of factors, customers’ profiles, choices and business models. European Transport Research Review, 15 (1). doi:10.1186/s12544-023-00597-y
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Nguyen Son Tung, Moeinaddini Mehdi, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2023). Psychological Factors Affecting Intention to Use Public Transport among Vietnamese Motorcyclists. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi:10.1177/03611981231155900
Peer reviewed

De Ceunynck, T., Wijlhuizen, G. J., Fyhri, A., Gerike, R., Köhler, D., Ciccone, A., Dijkstra, A., Dupont, E., & Cools, M. (February 2023). Behavioural Profiling of Cycling and Walking in Nine European Cities. Sustainability, 15 (3), 1996. doi:10.3390/su15031996
Peer reviewed

Karbasi, A. H., Mehrabani, B. B., Cools, M., Sgambi, L., & Saffarzadeh, M. (2023). Comparison of Speed-Density Models in the Age of Connected and Automated Vehicles. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2677 (3), 849–865. doi:10.1177/03611981221118531
Peer reviewed

Madani, N., Creemers, L., Moeinaddini, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (December 2022). Low-cost shared mobility alternatives in rural areas: A case study of ride-sharing benches in the German-speaking community of Belgium. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10 (4), 2393 - 2400. doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2022.11.002
Peer reviewed

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Van Droogenbroeck, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (29 November 2022). An anonymised longitudinal GPS location dataset to understand changes in activity-travel behaviour between pre- and post-COVID periods. Data in Brief, 45, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108776
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Flas, M., Halleux, J.-M., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (08 September 2022). Identifying housing vacancy using data on registered addresses and domestic consumption. Housing Studies, 40. doi:10.1080/02673037.2022.2119212
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Joshi, M., Rodler, A., Musy, M., Guernouti, S., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2022). Identifying urban morphological archetypes for microclimate studies using a clustering approach. Building and Environment. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109574
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Hosseinzadeh Bahreini, S., Reiter, S., & Cools, M. (30 June 2022). Modeling household car ownership in Belgium. International Journal of Transport Development and Integration, 6 (2), 183 - 196. doi:10.2495/TDI-V6-N2-183-196
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Asadi-Shekari, Z., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (February 2022). Applying Machine Learning to Explore Feelings about Sharing the Road with Autonomous Vehicles as a Bicyclist or as a Pedestrian. Sustainability, 14 (3), 1898. doi:10.3390/su14031898
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., Aganze, R., Moeinaddini, M., Asadi-Shekari, Z., & Cools, M. (2022). A participatory assessment of perceived neighbourhood walkability in a small urban environment. Sustainability, 14 (1), 1-16. doi:10.3390/su14010206
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Nguyen, B. N., Prevedello, C., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2022). Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium. Utilities Policy. doi:10.1016/j.jup.2021.101281
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Bui Trung Hiep, Cools, M., Saadi, I., Katrien Torfs, & Moeinaddini, M. (2022). Understanding the Growing Role of Driving Anger in the Risk of Traffic Incidents involving Vietnamese Motorcyclists. Traffic Injury Prevention, 23 (5), 215-220. doi:10.1080/15389588.2022.2056598
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Labdaoui, K., Mazouz, S., Moeinaddini, M., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (November 2021). The Street Walkability and Thermal Comfort Index (SWTCI): A new assessment tool combining street design measurements and thermal comfort. Science of the Total Environment, 795, 148663. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148663
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Almeida, C., Hamer, L. J., & Cools, M. (05 August 2021). Metodologia para Avaliação de Rotas Cicloviárias sob o Enfoque da Psicologia Ambiental. Paranoá: Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, 14 (31). doi:10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n31.2021.04
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (25 May 2021). Validation of MCMC-Based Travel Simulation Framework Using Mobile Phone Data. Frontiers in Future Transportation, 2, 10. doi:10.3389/ffutr.2021.660929
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Almeida, C., Yamashita, Y., Cools, M., Marchal, J., & Piette, B. (29 April 2021). Methodology Focused on Identifying Variables Necessary to Develop Logistics Clusters. Journal of Sustainable Development, 14 (3), 147-163. doi:10.5539/jsd.v14n3p147
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Labdaoui, K., Mazouz, S., Acidi, A., Cools, M., Moeinaddini, M., & Teller, J. (15 April 2021). Utilizing thermal comfort and walking facilities to propose a Comfort Walkability index (CWI) at the neighbourhood level. Building and Environment, 193, 107627. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107627
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Diaz Cisternas, M. A., Cools, M., Trebilcock, M., Piderit-Moreno, B., & Attia, S. (08 April 2021). Effects of Climatic Conditions, Season and Environmental Factors on CO2 Concentrations in Naturally Ventilated Primary Schools in Chile. Sustainability, 8 (13), 4139. doi:10.3390/su13084139
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

De Ceunynck, T., Wijlhuizen, G. J., Fyhri, A., Gerike, R., Köhler, D., Ciccone, A., Dijkstra, A., Dupont, E., & Cools, M. (April 2021). Assessing the willingness to use personal e-transporters (PeTs): Results from a cross-national survey in nine European cities. Sustainability, 13 (7), 3844. doi:10.3390/su13073844
Peer reviewed

Ruellan, G., Cools, M., & Attia, S. (19 February 2021). Analysis of the Determining Factors for the Renovation of the Walloon Residential Building Stock. Sustainability, 13 (4), 2221. doi:10.3390/su13042221
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Van Acker, V., Sandoval, S., & Cools, M. (11 January 2021). Value-Based Approach to Assess the Impact of Lifestyles on Mode Shares. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2675 (3), 313 - 325. doi:10.1177/0361198120971261
Peer reviewed

Moeinaddini, M., Asadi-Shekari, Z., Aghaabbasi, M., Saadi, I., Zaly Shah, M., & Cools, M. (October 2020). Applying non-parametric models to explore urban life satisfaction in European cities. Cities, 105, 102851. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2020.102851
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Meesmann, U., Torfs, K., & Cools, M. (October 2020). Socio-cognitive factors in road safety monitoring: Cross-cultural comparison of driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or medication. IATSS Research, 44 (3). doi:10.1016/j.iatssr.2020.09.004
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (October 2020). Investigating on-road crash risk and traffic offences in Vietnam using the motorcycle rider behaviour questionnaire (MRBQ). Safety Science, 130, 104868. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104868
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Muvuna, J., Boutaleb, T., Mickovski, S. B., Baker, K., Mohammad, G. S., Cools, M., & Selmi, W. (June 2020). Information integration in a smart city system-a case study on air pollution removal by green infrastructure through a vehicle smart routing system. Sustainability, 12 (12), 5099. doi:10.3390/su12125099
Peer reviewed

Wilmotte, P.-F.* , Mostert, M.* , Christmann, N.* , Lambotte, J.-M., & Cools, M. (2020). Opportunities for reinforcing cross-border railway connections: the case of the Liège (Belgium) - Maastricht (the Netherlands) connection. European Planning Studies, 28 (1), 105-124. doi:10.1080/09654313.2019.1623976
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Kameni Nematchoua, M., Deuse, C., Cools, M., & Reiter, S. (2020). Evaluation of the potential of classic and electric bicycle commuting as an impetus for the transition towards environmentally sustainable cities: A case study of the university campuses in Liege, Belgium. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 119, 109544. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.109544
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Moeinaddini, M., Asadi-Shekari, Z., Aghaabbasi, M., Saadi, I., Zaly Shah, M., & Cools, M. (2020). Proposing a new score to measure personal happiness by identifying the contributing factors. Measurement, 151, 107115. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107115
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Attia, S., Garat, S., & Cools, M. (15 June 2019). Development and validation of a survey for wellbeing and interaction assessment by occupants in office buildings with adaptive facades. Building and Environment, 157, 268-276. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.04.054
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Desdemoustier, J., Crutzen, N., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2019). Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making. Cities, 92, 175-186. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.03.021
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Asadi-Shekari, Z., Moeinaddini, M., Aghaabbasi, M., Cools, M., & Zaly Shah, M. (2019). Exploring effective micro-level items for evaluating inclusive walking facilities on urban streets (applied in Johor Bahru, Malaysia). Sustainable Cities and Society, 49, 101563. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101563
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., Farooq, B., Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (15 November 2018). An efficient hierarchical model for multi-source information fusion. Expert Systems with Applications, 110, 352-362. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2018.06.018
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (15 September 2018). Investigating the impact of river floods on travel demand based on an agent-based modeling approach: The case of Liège, Belgium. Transport Policy, 67, 102-110. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.09.009
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Fabbro, Y., & Bellemans, T. (September 2018). Identification of the determinants of fare evasion. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 6 (3), 348-352. doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2017.10.007
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., Eftekhar, H., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (30 July 2018). Investigating scalability in population synthesis: a comparative approach. Transportation Planning and Technology, 41 (7), 724-735. doi:10.1080/03081060.2018.1504182
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Rienow, A., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (March 2018). Comparing support vector machines with logistic regression for calibrating cellular automata land use change models. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 51 (1), 391-401. doi:10.1080/22797254.2018.1442179
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Nguyen Dang Hoang Thu, & Cools, M. (2018). An analysis of the development of port operation in da Nang Port, Vietnam. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 143, 012073. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/143/1/012073
Peer reviewed

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2018). A Time Monte Carlo method for addressing uncertainty in land-use change models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 32 (11), 2317-2333. doi:10.1080/13658816.2018.1503275
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., Bruwier, M., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Peltier, Y., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Orban, P., Dassargues, A., Dewals, B., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2018). Development trajectory of an integrated framework for the mitigation of future flood risk: results from the FloodLand project. Transportation Letter, 10 (5), 243-256. doi:10.1080/19427867.2016.1256120
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Van Rompaey, A., Cools, M., Saadi, I., & Teller, J. (2018). Addressing the determinants of built-up expansion and densification processes at the regional scale. Urban Studies, 55 (15), 3279–3298. doi:10.1177/0042098017749176
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Heppenstall, A., Omrani, H., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (January 2018). Modelling built-up expansion and densification with multinomial logistic regression, cellular automata and genetic algorithm. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 67, 147-156. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2017.09.009
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2018). Understanding urban development types and drivers in Wallonia. A multi-density approach. International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining, 13 (Nos. 1/2/3), 309–330. doi:10.1504/IJBIDM.2017.10004788
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., Wong, M., Farooq, B., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (08 March 2017). An investigation into machine learning approaches for forecasting spatio-temporal demand in ride-hailing service. Computing Research Repository (CoRR), abs/1703.02433.
Peer reviewed

Kieu, L. M., Bhaskar, A., Cools, M., & Chung, E. (2017). An investigation of timed transfer coordination using event-based multi agent simulation. Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies, 81, 363-378. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2017.02.018
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

van Gils, T., Ramaekers, K., Caris, & Cools, M. (2017). The use of time series forecasting in zone order picking systems to predict order pickers’ workload. International Journal of Production Research, 55 (21), 6380-6393. doi:10.1080/00207543.2016.1216659
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Cools, M., Saadi, I., & Teller, J. (2017). Coupling agent-based, cellular automata and logistic regression into a hybrid urban expansion model (HUEM). Land Use Policy, 69C, 529-540. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.009
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (August 2016). Forecasting travel behavior using Markov Chains-based approaches. Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies, 69, 402-417. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2016.06.020
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., Farooq, B., & Cools, M. (2016). Hidden Markov Model-based population synthesis. Transportation Research. Part B, Methodological, 90, 1-21. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2016.04.007
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., Boussauw, K., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Trends in regional jobs-housing proximity based on the minimum commute: The case of Belgium. Journal of Transport Geography, 57, 171-183. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.10.010
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Saadi, I., Liu, F., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). A framework to identify housing location patterns using profile Hidden Markov Models. Advanced Science Letters, 22 (9), 2117-2121. doi:10.1166/asl.2016.7053
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Belaid, E., Limbourg, S., Mostert, M., Rigo, P., & Cools, M. (2016). Bi-objective Road and Pipe Network Design for Crude Oil Transport in the Sfax Region in Tunisia. Procedia Engineering, 142, 108-115. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.02.020
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cui, J., Liu, F., Janssens, D., An, S., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2016). Detecting urban road network accessibility problems using taxi GPS data. Journal of Transport Geography, 51, 147-157. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.12.007
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., & Moons, E. (2016). Handling Intrahousehold Correlations in Modeling Travel: Comparison of Hierarchical Models and Marginal Models. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2565, 8–17. doi:10.3141/2565-02
Peer reviewed

Eftekhar, H., Creemers, L., & Cools, M. (2016). Effect of Traveler’s Nationality on Daily Travel Time Expenditure Using Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression Models: Results from Belgian National Household Travel Survey. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2565, 65–77. doi:10.3141/2565-08
Peer reviewed

Cui, J., Liu, F., Hu, J., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2016). Identifying mismatch between urban travel demand and transport network services using GPS data: A case study in the fast growing Chinese city of Harbin. Neurocomputing, 181, 4-18. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2015.08.100
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Limbourg, S., Giang, H. T. Q., & Cools, M. (2016). Logistics Service Quality: The Case of Da Nang City. Procedia Engineering, 142, 124-130. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.02.022
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Fabbro, Y., & Bellemans, T. (2016). Free public transport: A socio-cognitive analysis. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 86, 96-107. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2016.02.010
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cui, J., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (August 2015). Characterizing activity sequences using Profile Hidden Markov Models. Expert Systems with Applications, 42 (13), 5705–5722. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2015.02.057
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Creemers, L., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (April 2015). Meteorological variation in daily travel behaviour: evidence from revealed preference data from the Netherlands. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 120 (1-2), 183-194. doi:10.1007/s00704-014-1169-0
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., & Janssens, D. (2015). Bayesian inference for transportation origin–destination matrices: the Poisson–inverse Gaussian and other Poisson mixtures. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in Society, 178 (1), 271-296. doi:10.1111/rssa.12057
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Creemers, L., Tormans, H., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2015). Knowledge of the concept Light Rail Transit: Exploring its relevance and identification of the determinants of various knowledge levels. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 74, 31-43. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2015.02.010
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (12 December 2014). Measuring the Effect of Stochastic Perturbation Component in Cellular Automata Urban Growth Model. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 22 (Winter), 156–168. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2014.11.016
Peer reviewed

Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cui, J., Wang, Y., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2014). Building a validation measure for activity-based transportation models based on mobile phone data. Expert Systems with Applications, 41 (14), 6174-6189. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2014.03.054
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Caris, A., Limbourg, S., Macharis, C., van Lier, T., & Cools, M. (2014). Integration of inland waterway transport in the intermodal supply chain: a taxonomy of research challenges. Journal of Transport Geography, 41, 126–136. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.022
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Reumers, S., Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cools, M., & Wets, G. (2013). Semantic Annotation of Global Positioning System Traces: Activity Type Inference. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2383, 35-43. doi:10.3141/2383-05
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., & Creemers, L. (2013). The dual role of weather forecasts on changes in activity-travel behavior. Journal of Transport Geography, 28, 167-175. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.11.002
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Tormans, H., Miermans, W., Cools, M., Polders, E., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2013). Performance Assessment of Local Mobility Policy-Making Administrations Using the Principles of Total Quality Management in Flanders, Belgium: Expounding the Decision-Making Processes. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 7 (4), 318-346. doi:10.1080/15568318.2011.633155
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Ramaekers, K., Reumers, S., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2013). Modelling Route Choice Decisions of Car Travellers Using Combined GPS and Diary Data. Networks and Spatial Economics, 13 (3), 351-372. doi:10.1007/s11067-013-9184-8
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Liu, F., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2013). Annotating mobile phone location data with activity purposes using machine learning algorithms. Expert Systems with Applications, 40 (8), 3299–3311. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2012.12.100
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Tormans, H., De Laender, J., & Wets, G. (2012). Optimizing the implementation of policy measures through social acceptance segmentation. Transport Policy, 22, 80–87. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.05.013
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., Janssens, D., Vanhoof, K., & Wets, G. (2012). A Bayesian approach for modeling origin–destination matrices. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 46 (1), 200–212. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2011.06.005
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Creemers, L., Cools, M., Tormans, H., Lateur, P.-J., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Identifying the Determinants of Light Rail Mode Choice for Medium- and Long-Distance Trips: Results from a Stated Preference Study. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2275, 30-38. doi:10.3141/2275-04
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Tormans, H., Moons, E., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). The socio-cognitive links between road pricing acceptability and changes in travel-behavior. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 45 (8), 779-788. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2011.06.006
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Calibrating Activity-Based Models with External Origin-Destination Information: Overview Of Different Possibilities. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2175, 98-110. doi:10.3141/2175-12
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Weather on Traffic Intensity. Weather, Climate, and Society, 2 (1), 60–68. doi:10.1175/2009WCAS1014.1
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Quality of Origin-Destination Matrices Derived from Activity Travel Surveys: Results from a Monte Carlo Experiment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2183, 49-59. doi:10.3141/2183-06
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2157, 29-37. doi:10.3141/2157-04
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., Creemers, L., & Wets, G. (2010). Changes in Travel Behavior in Response to Weather Conditions: Do Type of Weather and Trip Purpose Matter. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2157, 22-28. doi:10.3141/2157-03
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). Investigating the Variability in Daily Traffic Counts Trough Use of ARIMAX and SARIMAX Models: Assessing the Effect of Holidays on Two Site Locations. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2136, 57-66. doi:10.3141/2136-07
Peer reviewed

Janssens, D., Cools, M., Moons, E., Wets, G., Arentze, T., & Timmermans, H. (2009). Road Pricing as an Impetus for Environment-Friendly Travel Behavior: Results from a Stated Adaptation Experiment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2115, 50-59. doi:10.3141/2115-07
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., Janssens, B., & Wets, G. (2009). Shifting Towards Environment-Friendly Modes: Profiling Travelers using Q-Methodology. Transportation, 36 (4), 437-453. doi:10.1007/s11116-009-9206-z
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). Investigating Effect of Holidays on Daily Traffic Counts: Time Series Approach. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2019, 22-31. doi:10.3141/2019-04
Peer reviewed

Scientific conferences in universities or research centers

Bebronne, E., Limbourg, S., & Cools, M. (12 September 2023). Shedding light on the attitude and behaviour at night: Examining the relationship between public lighting and nocturnal mobility [Paper presentation]. OR65 The OR Society's Annual Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Dessers, C., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Cools, M., Teller, J., & Dewals, B. (16 June 2023). Flood loss prediction: model calibration and interpretation based on a comprehensive field survey in the Vesdre valley (Belgium) [Paper presentation]. Detailing Urban Flood Impact (DEUFI), Lyon, France.

Bwami Kahombera, R., Moeinaddini, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (01 June 2023). Levels of Formalisation in Urban Public Transport Systems [Paper presentation]. BIVEC‐GIBET Transport Research Days 2023.

Bebronne, E., Limbourg, S., & Cools, M. (25 May 2023). Shedding light on passenger modal choice: Examining the relationship between public lighting and nocturnal mobility [Paper presentation]. 37th annual conference of the Belgian Operational Research Society (ORBEL 37), Liège, Belgium.

Cisterna, C., Madani, N., Bandiera, C., Viti, F., & Cools, M. (29 November 2022). MaaS modelling: a review of factors, customers’ profiles, choices and business models [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Conference on Mobility as a Service – ICoMaaS, Tampere, Finland.

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Cools, M., Erpicum, S., Habchi, I., Hardy, J., Pirotton, M., Weber, L., Teller, J., & Dewals, B. (20 May 2022). Collection of consistent field data on flood features, buildings characteristics and damage during the July 2021 flood in the Meuse basin [Paper presentation]. DEUFI project: Urban floods, annual scientific meeting, Montpellier, France.

Cools, M. (2016). Iterative Proportional Fitting to expand a synthetic sample into a synthetic population [Paper presentation]. Atelier scientifique sur la synthèse de population, Marne-la-Vallée, France.

Scientific congresses and symposiums

Published communications

Hoang, H., & Cools, M. (2023). Understanding Smartphone Usage Behavior among Motorcycle Riders Using an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. In The proceedings of COMB-2023. FINANCE PUBLISHING HOUSE.
Peer reviewed

Ihaddadene, T., Imane Haraoubia, Tahar Baouni, Madani, N., & Cools, M. (2023). The effect of the quality of cable car infrastructure and the appreciation by its users : the case of the city of Algiers, Algeria. In Transport research days 2023. Leuven, Belgium: Bivec-gibet.

Hoang, H., Bui Trung Hiep, & Cools, M. (2023). System and Human Errors in Vietnam Motorcycle Road Traffic: A Study Using the Extended Driving Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). In C. M. J. Tampere, M. Cools, ... S. Proost (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2023 (pp. 431-446). Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven.
Peer reviewed

Madani, N., Thanina Ihaddadene, Imane Haraoubia, & Cools, M. (2023). Investigating the potential of cable cars for urban transport using binary logit model: the case of Liège, Belgium. In C. M. J. Tampère, M. Cools, ... S. Proost (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2023 (pp. 232-241). Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven.
Peer reviewed

Nguyen Son Tung, Moeinaddini, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2023). The Psychological Factors Affecting Intention To Use Public Transport Among Vietnamese Motorcyclists. In Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Washington, D.C., United States - District of Columbia: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Peer reviewed

Nguyen Son Tung, Moeinaddini, M., Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2021). Understanding the factors influencing public transport mode choice behavior of Vietnamese motorcyclists. In B. van Wee (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2021 (9th, pp. 381-393). Delft, Netherlands: Delft University of Technology and TRAIL.
Peer reviewed

Bui Trung Hiep, Nguyen Son Tung, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2021). The effects of personality factors and attitudes toward traffic safety on driving outcomes in Vietnam. In V. W. Bert (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2021 (9th, pp. 46-58). Delft, Netherlands: Delft University of Technology and TRAIL.
Peer reviewed

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Van Droogenbroeck, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2021). Variability of people's activity space using GPS-based trajectory data. In B. van Wee (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2021 (pp. 298-302). Delft, Netherlands: Delft University of Technology and TRAIL.
Peer reviewed

Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2019). The Motorcycle Rider Behavirour Questionnaire (MRBQ) in relation to on-road crash risks and traffic offences in Vietnam. In F. Witlox (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2019 (pp. 1-18). Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University.
Peer reviewed

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Saadi, I., Van Droogenbroeck, M., & Cools, M. (2019). SmartGPS: An Android app for collecting urban mobility data. In F. Witlox (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2019. Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University.
Peer reviewed

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Saadi, I., Ebaid, A., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2018). Comparison among three automated calibration methods for cellular automata land use change model: GA, PSO and MCMC. In Proceedings of AGILE conference 2018.
Peer reviewed

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Nishida, G., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2017). A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Cellular Automata Model to Simulate Urban Growth. In GEOProcessing 2017 proceedings, The Ninth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services. Nice, France: ThinkMind.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Rongy, C., & Limbourg, S. (2017). Can Autonomous Vehicles Reduce Car Mobility? Evidence from a Stated Adaptation Experiment in Belgium. In Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., United States: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., Mustafa, A., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2017). Mitigating the Error Rate of an IPF-Based Population Synthesis Approach by Incorporating more Heterogeneity into the Initial Seed. In Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C., United States: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2017). A bi-level Random Forest based approach for estimating O-D matrices: Preliminary results from the Belgium National Household Travel Survey. Transportation Research Procedia, 25, 2566-2573. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.301
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Eftekhar, H., & Cools, M. (2017). A Comparison of Micro-objective Non-parametric Statistical Matching Techniques for the Integration of Different Survey Data. In Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Deuse, C., & Reiter, S. (2017). Reliability of reported travel indicators in the context of short and medium distance trips. In M. Cools & S. Limbourg, Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2017. Towards an Autonomous and Interconnected Transport Future.
Peer reviewed

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Rienow, A., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2016). Cellular automata urban expansion model based on support vector machines. In M. A. Mostafavi & N. Pinto (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS of Second International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems (pp. 100-104).
Peer reviewed

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2016). Modelling Urban Expansion: A Multiple Urban-Densities Approach. Proceedings of GEOProcessing 2016, 22-25.
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). An integrated framework for forecasting travel behavior using Markov Chain Monte-Carlo simulation and profile Hidden Markov Models. In Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Belaid, E., Rigo, P., & Cools, M. (2016). Une analyse dynamique des interactions entre acteurs portuaires et leurs effets sur l’efficience d’un port pétrolier. In Recueil des articles des 34èmes Rencontres Universitaires de Génie Civil de l'AUGC. Liège, Belgium: University of Liège.
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Calibration of MATSim in the context of natural hazards in Liège (Belgium): Preliminary results. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Transport Engineering. doi:10.4995/CIT2016.2016.4098
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., & Moons, E. (2016). Handling Intra-Household Correlations in Modeling Travel: A Comparison of Hierarchical (Random Effect) Models and Marginal (GEE) Models. In Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Eftekhar, H., Creemers, L., & Cools, M. (2016). Assessing the effect of traveler's nationality on daily travel time expenditure using Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression models: results from the Belgian national household travel survey. In Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Évaluation des impacts économiques indirects selon un scénario de risque d’inondation. In Recueil des articles des 34èmes Rencontres Universitaires de Génie Civil de l'AUGC. Liège, Belgium: University of Liège.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., & Eftekhar, H. (2015). Ethnic Differences in Travel Time Expenditure. In Proceeding of the 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Reresearch (IATBR 2015).
Peer reviewed

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2015). Modelling Uncertainties in Long-Term Predictions of Urban Growth: A Coupled Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Approach. In J. Ferreira & R. Goodspeed (Eds.), Proceedings of CUPUM 2015 (pp. 18).
Peer reviewed

Dewals, B., Bruwier, M., Mohamed El Saeid Mustafa, A., Peltier, Y., Saadi, I., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Orban, P., Cools, M., Dassargues, A., Teller, J., & Pirotton, M. (2015). Landuse change and future flood risk: an integrated and multi-scale approach. In E-proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress.
Peer reviewed

Creemers, L., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2015). Analyzing Access, Egress, and Main Transport Mode of Public Transit Journeys: Evidence from the Flemish National Household Travel Survey. In Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Maldague, H., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2015). Modeling accessibility to schools: the case of Wallonia, Belgium. In S. Rasouli & H. Timmermans (Eds.), Current Issues in Transportation Research, Proceedings of the BIVEC/GIBET Transport Research Days 2015 (pp. 96-104). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.
Peer reviewed

Xhignesse, G., Bianchet, B., Cools, M., Gathon, H.-J., Jurion, B., & Teller, J. (July 2014). An Econometric Analysis of Homeownership Determinants in Belgium. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8581, 65-79. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09150-1_6
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., Eftekhar, H., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2014). An agent-based micro-simulation framework to assess the impact of river floods on transportation systems: implementation trajectory for an assessment in the Brussels metropolitan area. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Armoogum, J., & Diana, M. (2014). Experts’ opinions concerning the minimum content of a national household travel survey. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Tormans, H., Briers, S., & Teller, J. (2013). Unravelling the determinants of carpool behaviour in Flanders, Belgium: Integration of qualitative and quantitative research. In M. Hesse, G. Caruso, P. Gerber, ... F. Viti (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2013 (pp. 128-140). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., van der Waerden, P., & Janssens, D. (2013). Investigation of the determinants of the mental knowledge of public parking facilities. In Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Transport Research. Rio, Brazil: WCTRS.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M. (2013). Boosting Response Rates: Evidence from Flemish Travel Behavior Survey. In Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Reumers, S., Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cools, M., & Wets, G. (2013). Semantic Annotation of GPS Traces: Activity Type Inference. In Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2013). A journey across scales, borders and data sources: minimum commute distance (MCD) analysis of home-to-work trips in Belgium. In M. Hesse, G. Caruso, P. Gerber, ... F. Viti (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2013 (pp. 169-171). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.
Peer reviewed

Liu, F., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2013). Profiling workers’ activity-travel behavior based on mobile phone data. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Analysis of Mobile Phone Datasets (NetMob).
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., van der Waerden, P., & Janssens, D. (2013). Investigation of the Determinants of Travelers’ Mental Knowledge of Public Parking Facilities. In Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Caris, A., Limbourg, S., Macharis, C., Van Lier, T., & Cools, M. (2013). Integration of Inland Waterway Transport in the Intermodal Supply Chain: a Joint Research Agenda. In P. Rigo & M. Wolters (Eds.), Proceedings of the PIANC SMART Rivers Conference 2013 (pp. 48-59). Brussels, Belgium: Secretariat-General PIANC.
Peer reviewed

Creemers, L., Cools, M., Tormans, H., Lateur, P.-J., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Identifying the Determinants of Light Rail Mode Choice for Medium/Long Distance Trips: Results from a Stated Preference Study. In Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Creemers, L., Cools, M., Tormans, H., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Knowledge of the Concept Light Rail Transit: Determinants of the Cognitive Mismatch between Actual and Perceived Knowledge. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Toronto, Canada: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR).
Peer reviewed

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Poisson mixture regression for Bayesian inference on large over-dispersed transportation origin-destination matrices. In 27th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling.
Peer reviewed

Perrakis, K., Cools, M., Karlis, D., Janssens, D., Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., & Wets, G. (2012). Quantifying Input Uncertainty in Traffic Assignment Models. In Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Rasouli, S., Cools, M., Kochan, B., Arentze, T., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., & Timmermans, H. (2012). Uncertainty in forecasts of complex rule-based systems of travel demand: Comparative analysis of the Albatross/Feathers model system. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Toronto, Canada: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR).
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). Assessment of the Effect of Micro-Simulation Error on Key Travel Indices: Evidence from the Activity-Based Model FEATHERS. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). An estimation of total vehicle travel reduction in the case of telecommuting. Detailed analysis using an activity-based modeling approach. In E. Cornelis (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2011 (pp. 206-213). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Tormans, H., De Laender, J., & Wets, G. (2011). Improved Policy Support Through Segmentation Based on Social Acceptance. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). An estimation of total vehicle travel reduction in the case of telecommuting. Detailed analyses using an activity-based modeling approach. In Proceedings of the 39th European Transport Conference. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Association for European Transport.
Peer reviewed

Yang, B., Janssens, D., Ruan, D., Cools, M., Bellemans, T., & Wets, G. (2011). A Data Imputation Method with Support Vector Machines for Activity-Based Transportation Models. In Y. Wang & T. Li (Eds.), Foundations of Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, Shanghai, China, Dec 2011 (ISKE 2011) (pp. 249-258). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25664-6_29
Peer reviewed

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). A Bayesian Approach for Modeling Origin-Destination Matrices. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Ramaekers, K., Reumers, S., & Wets, G. (2011). Modeling Route Choice of Car Travelers using an Activity-Based Segmentation. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing Quality of Origin-Destination Matrices Derived from Activity and Travel Surveys: Results from a Monte Carlo Experiment. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Ramaekers, K., Cools, M., Reumers, S., & Wets, G. (2010). Modelling Shortest Path Decisions Using an Activity-Based Segmentation. In G. K. Janssens, K. Ramaekers, ... A. Caris (Eds.), ESM '2010 The European Simulation and Modeling Conference (pp. 358-365). Ostend, Belgium: Eurosis-ETI.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Moons, E., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2010). The psychology behind road pricing: Identification of socio-cognitive factors inducing changes in activity-travel behavior. In Proceedings of the 12 World Conference on Transport Research. Lisbon, Portugal: WCTRS.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., Creemers, L., & Wets, G. (2010). Changes in Travel Behavior in Response to Weather Conditions: Do Type of Weather and Trip Purpose Matter. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Calibrating Activity-Based Models with External OD Information: Overview Of Different Possibilities. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Janssens, D., Cools, M., Moons, E., Wets, G., Arentze, T., & Timmermans, H. (2009). Road Pricing as an Impetus for Environment-Friendly Travel Behavior: Results from Stated Adaptation Experiment. In Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). Investigating the Variability in Daily Traffic Counts Trough the Use of ARIMAX and SARIMAX Models: Assessing the Effect of Holidays on two diverse site locations. In Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2009). Surveying activity-travel behavior in Flanders: Assessing the impact of the survey design. In C. Macharis & L. Turcksin (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2009, Part II (pp. 727-741). Brussels, Belgium: VUBPress.
Peer reviewed

Janssens, D., Beckx, C., Cools, M., Wets, G., Bellemans, T., Int Panis, L., & Vanhoof, K. (2009). The presentation of an integrated microsimulation modeling framework to measure and predict emissions and dynamic exposure. In Proceedings of the Next Generation Data Summit 2009. Columbia, United States - Maryland: KD2U.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., Janssens, B., & Wets, G. (2009). Shifting Towards Environment-Friendly Modes: Profiling Travelers using Q-Methodology. In Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2008). Assessing the Impact of Weather on Traffic Intensity. In Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). Travel time expenditure in Flanders: Towards a better understanding of travel behavior. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) (CD-ROM).
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). Investigating Effect of Holidays on Daily Traffic Counts: Time Series Approach. In Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (CD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Peer reviewed

Oral communications or posters

De Ceunynck, T., & Cools, M. (27 October 2023). “Are you feeling safe on-board our autonomous shuttles?” – Results from the user experience survey at Terhills, Belgium [Paper presentation]. 35th ICTCT Conference, Catania, Italy.
Peer reviewed

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Cools, M., Dessers, C., Pirotton, M., Erpicum, S., & Dewals, B. (12 September 2023). Flood losses in the residential sector in the Vesdre valley (Belgium): classification and modelling [Paper presentation]. Meuse symposium 2023, Liège, Belgium.

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Cools, M., Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., Anarita Scorzini, Daniela Molinari, & Dewals, B. (10 July 2023). How does the local context influence flood impacts? [Paper presentation]. Panta Rhei symposium, Potsdam, Germany.

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (01 June 2023). How comparable are mobile phone data and travel survey data? [Paper presentation]. BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2023, Leuven, Belgium.
Peer reviewed

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Dessers, C., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Cools, M., Teller, J., & Dewals, B. (24 April 2023). Contrasting levels of surprise and levee effect between municipalities in the 2021 flood in Belgium [Paper presentation]. EGU conference 2023, Vienna, Austria.
Editorial reviewed

Cools, M., & De Ceunynck, T. (March 2023). User experience of passengers using the self-driving shuttles at Terhills [Paper presentation]. Paving the road for autonomous mobility: Autonomous Vehicles Conference Terhills, Maasmechelen, Belgium.

Gong, S., Ismaïl Saadi, Teller, J., & Cools, M. (11 January 2023). Tensor Decomposition for Spatiotemporal Mobility Pattern Learning with Mobile Phone Data [Poster presentation]. TRB 102rd Annual Meeting, Washington, United States - District of Columbia.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M. (12 December 2022). Measuring customer satisfaction with public transport: Comparison of the Net Promoter Score (NPS), the Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT), and the Satisfaction with Travel Scale (STS) [Paper presentation]. 16th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Santiago, Chile.
Peer reviewed

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (08 November 2022). Time-Dependent Origin-destination Estimation from Land Use and Mobile Phone Data [Poster presentation]. Urban Transitions 2022 Integrating urban and transport planning, environment and health for healthier urban living, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
Editorial reviewed

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Cools, M., Erpicum, S., Habchi, I., Hardy, J., Pirotton, M., Weber, L., Teller, J., & Dewals, B. (30 June 2022). Modelling direct flood losses: what can we learn from the July 2021 flood in the Meuse basin (Belgium)? [Paper presentation]. KAHR Science Conference, Germany.

Hosseinzadeh Bahreini, S.* , Reiter, S.* , & Cools, M.*. (10 June 2022). Modeling household car ownership in Belgium [Paper presentation]. Sustainable Development and Planning 2022 Conference.
Peer reviewed
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (31 May 2022). Calibration of MATSim in the District of Liège (Belgium) using Mobile Phone-based OD-matrices: Preliminary Results [Paper presentation]. MATSim User Meeting 2022, Leuven, Belgium.
Editorial reviewed

Meesmann, U., & Cools, M. (2022). A cross-national comparison of the relation between socio-cognitive factors and drinking and driving [Paper presentation]. ICADTS Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Peer reviewed

Bui Trung Hiep, Cools, M., & Saadi, I. (07 October 2021). Prosocial and Aggressive driving behaviours and driving-related outcomes in Vietnam [Poster presentation]. PhD Day 2021 (Journée UEE 2021), Liege, Belgium.
Peer reviewed

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Moeinaddini, M., & Cools, M. (27 May 2021). Multi-level multi-agent systems for traffic simulation: current trends and future challenges [Paper presentation]. BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2021, Delft, Netherlands.
Peer reviewed

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Saadi, I., Van Droogenbroeck, M., & Cools, M. (July 2020). Using mobile phones to collect data including user feedback for the analysis of urban mobility [Paper presentation]. Mobile Tartu 2020 conference. Mobile phones, travel and transportation, Tartu, Estonia.

Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (13 January 2020). Assessing driving anger among Vietnamese motorcyclists [Poster presentation]. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, United States - District of Columbia.
Peer reviewed

Meesmann, U., Torfs, K., & Cools, M. (August 2019). Validation of the Theory of planned behaviour in different cultural settings – international comparison of drunk-driving across 5 countries [Paper presentation]. ICADTS conference 2019, Edmonton, Canada.

Wilmotte, P.-F., Lambotte, J.-M., Cools, M., & Keppens, M. (07 October 2016). The reinforcement opportunitie of a cross-border train connection: the example of the railway between Liège (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands) (Zangl, S., Trans.) [Paper presentation]. Association of Borderland Studies Europe 2016, Belval - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Saadi, I., Liu, F., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (April 2016). Uncertainty quantification in profile Hidden Markov Models (pHMM)-based activity sequences characterization [Poster presentation]. 6th European Transport Research Conference, Warsaw, Poland.

Marique, A.-F., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Modelling children’s mobility and school commuting: a review and key challenges for further research [Poster presentation]. mobil.TUM 2016: Transforming Urban Mobility, Munich, Germany.

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (12 November 2015). Spatial variations of urban development drivers. Comparing an administrative logit approach with a geographically weighted regression model [Paper presentation]. International Land Use Symposium (ILUS) 2015, Dresden, Germany.

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., Limbourg, S., & Cools, M. (September 2015). Modelling Agents’ Behavior in the Context of River Floods: An Ant Colony based Approach [Paper presentation]. 11th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS 2015), Cebu City, Philippines.

Xhignesse, G., Bianchet, B., Cools, M., Gathon, H.-J., Jurion, B., & Teller, J. (July 2014). Which are the determinants of homeownership ? A logit analysis for the case of Belgium [Paper presentation]. 2014 European Network for Housing Research Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Cools, M. (2014). Challenges for Capacity Building and Training in Intermodal Transportation and Inland Navigation [Paper presentation]. Seminário Internacional Em Navegação Interior E Transporte Multimodal, Brasilia, Brazil.

Belaid, E., Saadi, I., Rigo, P., & Cools, M. (2014). A bi-objective optimization model for a bimodal network of oil transportation [Paper presentation]. NECTAR Cluster 1 Meeting on Networks "Efficient European Multimodal Networks", Liège, Belgium.

Creemers, L., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2014). Meteorological variation in travel behaviour [Paper presentation]. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2014 Annual Meeting, Tampa, United States - Florida.

Cools, M., & Limbourg, S. (2014). Climatological influences on inland waterway transport capacity [Paper presentation]. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2014 Annual Meeting, Tampa, United States - Florida.

Cools, M., Laterrasse, J., & Le Néchet, F. (2013). Impact of urban form on daily travel: a comparative analysis [Paper presentation]. Land Use Transport Interactions: International Workshop, Champs-sur-Marne (Paris), France.

Caris, A., Cools, M., & Debels, D. (2011). Avoiding congestion in freight transport planning: a case study in Flanders [Paper presentation]. NECTAR 2011 Conference, Antwerp, Belgium.

Cools, M., Creemers, L., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). The dual role of weather forecasts on changes in activity-travel behavior [Paper presentation]. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2011 Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States - Washington.

Janssens, D., Cools, M., Vanhoof, K., Wets, G., Bellemans, T., Beckx, C., Int Panis, L., Mitov, I., & Markov, K. (2010). An integrated micro-simulation modeling framework to measure and predict emissions and dynamic exposure [Paper presentation]. GMES Operational Capacity Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). The use of time use surveys to study activity participation: emerging issues [Paper presentation]. 3rd European Survey Research Association Conference, Warsaw, Poland.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). An activity-based approach for surveying and modelling travel behaviour: analysis of the mixed-mode design effects [Paper presentation]. 2nd European Survey Research Association Conference, Prague, Czechia.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2006). Regular events in travel behaviour research: setup of a longitudinal websurvey [Paper presentation]. 25th Biennial meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) jointly with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM), Budapest, Hungary.

Books

As author or co-author

Armoogum, J., Bonsall, P., Browne, M., Christensen, L., Cools, M., Cornelis, E., Diana, M., Guilloux, T., Harder, H., Hegner Reinau, K., Hubert, J.-P., Kagerbauer, M., Kuhnimhof, T., Madre, J.-L., Moiseeva, A., Polak, J., Schulz, A., Tébar, M., Vidalakis, L., & Armoogum, J. (Crit. Ed.). (2014). Survey Harmonisation with New Technologies Improvement (SHANTI). Marne la Vallée, France: IFSTTAR.

As editor or director

Tampère, C., Cools, M., & Proost, S. (Eds.). (2023). Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2023. Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven.
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., & Limbourg, S. (Eds.). (2017). Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2017: Towards an Autonomous and Interconnected Transport Future. University Press.

Book chapters and contributions to collective works

Van Acker, V., Sandoval, S., & Cools, M. (2021). Public transport use: the 'soft' side of the story. In C. Mulley, J. D. Nelson, ... S. Ison (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport (1st, pp. 46-60). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780367816698-5
Peer reviewed

de Abreu e Silva, J., Adamos, G., Esztergar-Kiss, D., Mariotti, J., Tsami, M., & Cools, M. (2019). Travel behaviour and social network interactions with the urban environment, a review. In P. O. Plaut & D. Shach-Pinsly, Digital Social Networks and Travel Behaviour in Urban Environments (pp. 155-169). Routledge.

Liu, F., Cui, J., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2017). Semantic annotation of mobile phone data using machine learning algorithms. In N. Mohamudally, Smartphones from an Applied Research Perspective (pp. 93-112). IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.70255
Peer reviewed

Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Belgium: The Use of MATSim within an Estimation Framework for Assessing Economic Impacts of River Floods. In A. Horni, K. Nagel, ... K. W. Axhausen (Eds.), The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim (pp. 399–404). London, United Kingdom: Ubiquity Press. doi:10.5334/baw.63
Peer reviewed

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Cools, M., Saadi, I., & Teller, J. (2015). Urban Development as a Continuum: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Approach. In O. Gervasi, B. Murgante, S. Misra, M. L. Gavrilova, A. M. A. C. Rocha, C. Torre, D. Taniar, ... B. O. Apduhan (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2015, Part III (pp. 729-744). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21470-2_53
Peer reviewed

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). Modeling Daily Traffic Counts: Analyzing the Effects of Holidays. In B. Sloboda (Ed.), Transportation Statistics (pp. 103-122). Fort Lauderdale, United States - Florida: J Ross Publishing.
Peer reviewed

Theses and dissertations

Doctoral thesis

Cools, M. (2009). Inter- and intraday variability of Flemish travel behavior [Doctoral thesis, Uhasselt - Universiteit Hasselt]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/132880

Master dissertations

Cools, M. (2005). Social, economic and policy analysis of recreational fisheries in Flanders [Master’s dissertation, Uhasselt - Universiteit Hasselt]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/132952

Cools, M. (2004). De aansprakelijkheid van internetproviders [Master’s dissertation, UA - Universiteit Antwerpen]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/132956

Other publications and communications

Speeches and writings for a general audience

Conferences given outside the academic context

Cools, M. (2014). Mobilité durable et le rôle du covoiturage [Paper presentation]. Alone in your car? You could do better, Brussels, Belgium.

Others

Cools, M. (2020). Comment bien repenser la mixité des modes de transports et l'aménagement du territoire? [Paper presentation]. Comment bien repenser la mixité des modes de transports et l'aménagement du territoire ?, Liège, Belgium.

Cools, M. (2014). Le "serious game" peut-il être un outil utile au développement du territoire? [Paper presentation]. Le serious game : un outil pour la planification urbaine?, Liège, Belgium.

Cools, M. (2013). Modeling travel behavior: Whether weather matters [Paper presentation]. Leçons inaugurales du Département ArGEnCo, Liège, Belgium.

Contact ORBi