Assistant Professor
Tel: (+30) 210 772 2778
fax: (+30) 210 772 2629
email: petrosvy@survey.ntua.gr
Short bio:
Dr Vythoulkas has graduated from the School of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thraki in 1983 and subsequently he obtained the degrees of M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Transport Studies from Granfield University, UK, specialising in Transport Modelling and Dynamic traffic assignment.
In the period 1989-1997, he held senior research positions at the Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford and at the Centre for Transport Studies at the University of London, working in the areas of transport informatics, short term traffic forecasting, applications of artificial intelligence in transport, discrete choice analysis, car ownership forecasting and travel demand analysis.
He was awarded prizes for his research work at the 16th PTRC conference and the 8th World Conference in Transport Research.
Since 1998, he held senior positions in some of the major transport infrastructure projects in the Gt Athens Area, such as the Athens International Airport, the Athens Suburban Railway and the Athens Ring Road. As a consultant he also had an active role in major national travel demand forecasting studies for the development of the Greek motorway network.
He is a currently an Assistant Professor of Transport Economics and Planning in the School of Surveying and Rural Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
His main research interests focus on the areas of transport modelling and network analysis, travel behaviour and discrete choice analysis, transport economics and policy, and application of information technology in transport.
Selected publications:
Vythoulkas P.C. (1990).A dynamic stochastic assignment model for the analysis of general networks. Transportation Research Vol. 24B, No 6, pp. 453-470
Vythoulkas P.C. (1993).Alternative approaches to short term traffic forecasting for use in driver information systems. Transportation and Traffic Theory, Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A., July 1993., C.F. Daganzo (ed.), Elsevier Science Publishing Co., New York, pp. 485-506
Polak J.W., Vythoulkas P.C. and Chatfield I. (1994) Broadcasting parking information: A critical assessment of behavioural impacts and design requirements. Transportation Research Record 1403, pp. 36-45.
Dargay J.M. and Vythoulkas P.C (1999). Estimation of a Dynamic Car Ownership Model: A Pseudo-Panel Approach. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 33, part 3, pp. 287-301.
Vythoulkas P.C. and Koutsopoulos H.N. (2003). Modelling Discrete Choice Behaviour using Concepts from Fuzzy Set Theory, Approximate Reasoning and Neural Networks.Transportation Research C, Vol. 11, pp. 51-73.
Vythoulkas P.C. (2006). An Analysis of Car Ownership and Transport Expenditure Greece. 5th COST 355 meeting, University of Piraeus.
Vythoulkas P.C and Dargay J.M. (2007). Car Ownership in Greece and UK: A comparison based on Pseudo Panel Analysis. 8th COST 355 Meeting, Politecnico di Torino.
Dargay J.M. and Vythoulkas P.C. (2007). The determinants of car ownership in urban and rural areas: a comparison of Greece and UK based on pseudo panel analysis. University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A.