MAHMOUD MESBAH NAMINI - Amirkabir University of Technology

Research Interests

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Transportation System Analysis

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Traffic Engineering

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Public Transportation

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Intelligent Transportation Systems

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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Transportation

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Freight Transportation and Logistics

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Public Transit

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Travel Behavior

Supervised PhD Theses

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transit priority network design problem under uncertain demand

AHMADREZA GHAFFARI

2021 Oct

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Modeling the Effect of Drivers Heterogeneity on Car-following Model

EHSAN RAMEZANI KHANSARI & MASOUD TABIBI
Other Supervisor:

2020 Sep

Supervised MSc Theses

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dis-aggregate analysis of travel time in suburban freeway trips

AFSHAR MOSALLA NEJAD
Other Supervisor: Meeghat Habibian

2024 Sep

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A model for prioritization of advertisement pricing at Tehrans metro stations using smart card data

AMIN GOLKARFARD

2024 Jul

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Modeling satisfaction of Tehran metro passengers under COVID-19 conditions based on a longitudinal study

MOHAMMAD AMIN AGHIGHI BAKHSHAYESH
Other Supervisor: Meeghat Habibian

2024 Jun

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Time series modeling of traffic violations in Isfahan province

MASOUD FOROUTAN SHAD

2024 Feb

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Coordinated ramp metering considering the interchange of two urban freeways

MAHDI HASHEMZADEHSHOURJEH

2023 Sep

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Effect of autonomous vehicles on travel time reliability at a network level

MAHAN MOLLAJAFARI

2023 Jul

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Developing a method to assess advertisement exposure on buses

ALIREZA SAADATMAND

2023 Mar

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Comparison of Analytical and Evolutionary Methods in Solving the Problem of Designing Exclusive Lanes for Public Transit.

SINA GHASSEMI

2022 Dec

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Modelling The Impact of Local Factors on Various Types of Traffic Violations

OMID ARMANTALAB

2022 Jul

10

Modelling the waiting time of intercity rail passengers

PEDRAM AKBARI GHOUCHANI

2022 Mar

11

Inferring Mode Choice Behavior of Public Transportation Customers from a Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS)

MOHAMMAD MAHDI BABAYE KHORASANI
Other Supervisor: Meeghat Habibian

2021 Sep

12

Developing a Volume-delay Function with Autonomous Vehicles in Traffic Composition

ERIK MINASIAN

2021 Apr

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Comparison of group and individual taravel behaviour using bus smart card data

MOSTAFA ABOLFAZLI

2020 Sep

14

Analyzing passenger satisfaction in bus rapid transit using a smartphone application

TARA SAEIDI
Other Supervisor: Meeghat Habibian

2020 Apr

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Smart Traffic behavior Assessment

ALIREZA POURKHAKSAR & Amir Golroo
Other Supervisor:

2020 Mar

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Travel mode detection of smartphone data using genetic programming

FARNOOSH NAMDARPOUR

2020 Feb

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TravelTtime Prediction on a Road Link Using Historical Data

ARYA ZANDI
Other Supervisor: Amir Golroo

2019 May

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Effect of Air Pollution on Traffic Accidents

MARYAM AHMADI & BABAK KHORSANDI
Other Supervisor:

2019 Mar

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Traffic data fusion to estimate travel time

SEYEDMOHSEN KHEYRANDISH
Other Supervisor: ABBAS AHMADI

2019 Jan

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Identification and evaluation of customer satisfaction measures in paratransit

MOHAMMAD HALAKOO
Other Supervisor: Meeghat Habibian

2018 Dec

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Developing a model to assess the perceived walking distance and examining its effect on walking to workplace in the Rasht city

YASHAR JAVID & Meeghat Habibian
Other Supervisor:

2018 Jun

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Identification and evaluation of measures affecting customer satisfaction in Tehran Metro

AMIRALI SOLTANPOURKHAZAEI & Meeghat Habibian
Other Supervisor:

2018 Feb

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Data Fusion to Estimate Link Speed Using GPS and traditional methods

FATEMEH BANANI ARDECANI
Other Supervisor: Amir Golroo

2018 Jan

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Design of an Integrated Intelligent Transportation System Architecture for Transit

MOHAMMAD AMIN ASHENA & Amir Golroo
Other Supervisor:

2017 Feb

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design of public/ road maintenance intelligent transportation system architecture

ELHAM SAFFARI & Amir Golroo
Other Supervisor:

2017 Jan

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Developing a mode choice model considering satisfaction variables

AMIRMOHAMMAD ESMAEILZADEHAZAR
Other Supervisor: Meeghat Habibian

2026 Mar

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Transportation Infrastructure Evaluation Using Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

MOHAMMAD REZAEIMANESH & Amir Golroo
Other Supervisor:

2026 Jun

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Evaluating the impact of autonomous vehicles on travel time and reliability of private cars and bus flows

DONYA TAVAKOLI

2025 Mar

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Determining the visibility of advertisements and preferences of passengers in Tehran Metro

MARYAM SAMIE

2025 Mar

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Pavement distress detection using smartphone and machine learning

SEYYED MOHAMMADREZA FAGHIHZADE FIRUZABADI & Amir Golroo
Other Supervisor:

2025 Mar

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A study on the location of intercity passenger Hubs in Iran

OMID SHEIKHI

2025 Mar

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An Analytical Solution to the Network of Exclusive Bus Lanes (XBLs)

AHMAD FARIULLAH OMID

2025 Mar

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Modeling satisfaction and loyalty of rural rail passengers (case study of Mashhad-Tehran sleeper cabin rail line)

SAYED AMIN NEMATI & Meeghat Habibian
Other Supervisor:

2025 Jul

Books

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International Encyclopedia of Transportation Transit Fare Collection

M. Mesbah Namini, K. Khanali

Netherlands

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Journal Papers

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S.M. Faghihzade Firuzabadi, A. Golroo, M. Mesbah Namini, "Low-Cost Automated Pavement Distress Detection Using Sensor Fusion and Signal Processing", International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2026 May vol. 27, no. 1, pp.1-28, 2026.

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O. Armantalab, M. Mesbah Namini, S. Bourbour, Z. Rezaei Ghahroodi, "Investigating the Factors Affecting Traffic Violations: A Study of Demographic and Environmental Influences", Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems, 2026 May vol. 152, no. , pp.1-11, 2026.

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K. Khanali, M. Mesbah Namini, "Performance Evaluation of a Roundabout Interchange Using a Coordinated Signal Control System", Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A-Systems, 2026 Mar vol. 152, no. 3, pp.1-14, 2026.

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A. Pourkhaksar, A. Golroo, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Arbabpour Bidgoli, M. Amanieshkaftaki, M. Honarjoo, A. Suratgar, P. Hajikarimi, "Detection of driver maneuvers using a modular, low-cost sensor device", Measurement, 2025 Aug vol. 257, no. 118864, pp.1-14, 2025.

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M. Foroutan Shad, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Asl Javadian, "An analysis of COVID-19 effects on the trends of traffic violations", Iatss Research, 2025 Jul vol. 49, no. , pp.324-334, 2025.

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S. Movagharhoor, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "Joint deployment of exclusive bus lanes and limited access bus lanes in a transportation network", Expert Systems With Applications, 2025 Mar vol. 265, no. 1, pp.1-16, 2025.

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P. Akbari Ghouchani, M. Mesbah Namini, Morteza Bagheri, "Modeling passenger loyalty in intercity rail services using a generalized ordered logit model", Public Transport, 2025 Jan vol. 2025, no. 1, pp.1-20, 2025.

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T. Saeidi, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, A. Soltanpourkhazaei, M. Sahraei, Babak Mehran, "Passenger Satisfaction across Multiple Public Transit Modes", Transportation Research Procedia -Open, 2025 Jan vol. 82, no. 1, pp.1637-1653, 2025.

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M.A. Aghighi Bakhshayesh, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, K. Latifi, "The New Norm, a reality or a fiction? A longitudinal passenger satisfaction study on the persisting effects of COVID-19", Transport Policy, 2024 Sep vol. 155, no. 0, pp.47-57, 2024.

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Ali Farzane Movahed, M. Mesbah Namini, "Evaluating the Effect of Multiple Data Types on a Large Scale Static Origin-Destination Matrix Estimation, Case Study of Tehran, Iran", Iranian Journal of Science and Technology-Transactions of Civil Engineering, 2024 May vol. 2024, no. 1, pp.1-10, 2024.

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M. Shojaee Zade, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, Hamed Faroqi, "Converting Urban Trips to Multi-Dimensional Signals to Improve Trip Purpose Inference", Ieee Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024 May vol. 25, no. 10, pp.14497-14506, 2024.

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P. Akbari Ghouchani, M. Mesbah Namini, Morteza Bagheri, "Toward understanding waiting time in an intercity station: A hazard-based approach", Travel Behaviour and Society, 2024 Apr vol. 35, no. 100746, pp.1-12, 2024.

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M. Asl Javadian, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Foroutan Shad, "How are traffic fines affected by the driver's car price and the police officer's discretion? A case study of Isfahan, Iran", Journal of Computational Social Science, 2024 Apr vol. 7, no. 1, pp.1019-1038, 2024.

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Fatemeh Banani Ardecani, Ahmadreza Mahmoudzadeh, M. Mesbah Namini, "Fuzing multiple erroneous sensors to estimate travel time", Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024 Feb vol. 1, no. 1, pp.1-14, 2024.

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Hamed Faroqi, A. Saadatmand, M. Mesbah Namini, A. Khodaii, "Enriching smart card data with the trip purpose attribute", Journal of Public Transportation, 2023 Oct vol. 25, no. 1, pp.1-9, 2023.

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M. Sahraei, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, T. Saeidi, A. Soltanpourkhazaei, "How transit improvements are perceived by passengers? Results of a before-after customer satisfaction survey", Archives of Transport, 2023 Mar vol. 65, no. 1, pp.53-66, 2023.

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M. Halakoo, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, Moataz Mohamed, "Modelling quality of service in a fixed route shared taxi (Jitney)", Case Studies On Transport Policy, 2022 Dec vol. 10, no. 4, pp.1988-2000, 2022.

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M. Mesbah Namini, M.M. Zareian, S. Moradi, M. Ghatee, "A combined Apriori algorithm and fuzzy controller for simultaneous ramp metering and variable speed limit determination in a freeway", Aut Journal of Mathematics and Computing, 2022 Dec vol. 3, no. 2, pp.237-251, 2022.

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M. Mesbah Namini, M. Sahraei, A. Soltanpourkhazaei, M. Habibian, "Perceived service quality based on passenger and trip characteristics: A structural equation modeling approach", Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, 2022 Sep vol. 23, no. 0, pp.100340-100340, 2022.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, A. Khodaii, "Targeted advertising in the public transit network using smart card data", Networks and Spatial Economics, 2022 Mar vol. 22, no. 1, pp.97-124, 2022.

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F. Namdarpour, M. Mesbah Namini, Amir H. Gandomi, Behrang Assemi, "Using genetic programming on GPS trajectories for travel mode detection", Iet Intelligent Transport Systems, 2022 Jan vol. 16, no. 1, pp.99-113, 2022.

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A. Ghaffari, M. Mesbah Namini, A. Khodaii, S. Mirhassani, "Risk-Based Formulation of the Transit Priority Network Design", Ieee Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021 Nov vol. 2021, no. 0, pp.1-11, 2021.

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E. Ramezani Khansari, Masoud Tabibi, F. Moghadas Nejad, M. Mesbah Namini, "Comparing the Effect of Age, Gender, and Desired Speed on Car-Following Behavior by Using Driving Simulator", Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2021 Aug vol. 2021, no. 0, pp.1-7, 2021.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, "Inferring trip purpose by clustering sequences of smart card records", Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies, 2021 Jun vol. 127, no. 1, pp.1-17, 2021.

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Saba Sabet, F. Namdarpour, M. Mesbah Namini, "A Cost-Effective Methodology to Compare Travel Time and Speed: A Tale of 11 Cities", Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers-Municipal Engineer, 2021 Apr vol. 1, no. 1, pp.1-12, 2021.

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Hamed Faroqi, Rolf Moeckel, M. Mesbah Namini, "Temporal distribution of sociodemographic characteristics at transit stops", Transportation Planning and Technology, 2021 Jan vol. 44, no. 2, pp.208-221, 2021.

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M. Mesbah Namini, Zahra Pakdaman, M. Mollajafari, A. Golroo, "Fusion of travel time data in Niayesh tunnel using Bayesian inference", Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering, 2020 Dec vol. 53, no. 10, pp.6-25, 2020.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, "Activity-Trip based Model for Friend Recommendation with Transit Smart Card Records", Journal of Urban Planning and Development-Asce, 2020 Dec vol. 146, no. 4, pp.1-11, 2020.

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Mohadeseh Rahbar, Mark Hickman, M. Mesbah Namini, Ahmad Tavassoli, "Temporal Validation of a Multimodal Transit Assignment Model", Case Studies On Transport Policy, 2020 Nov vol. 8, no. 2, pp.535-541, 2020.

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M. Ahmadi, B. Khorsandi, M. Mesbah Namini, "The effect of air pollution on drivers' safety performance", Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 Nov vol. 1, no. 1, pp.1-14, 2020.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, "Investigating the Correlation between Activity Similarity and Trip Similarity of Public Transit Passengers Using Smart Card Data", Transportation Research Procedia -Open, 2020 Sep vol. 48, no. 1, pp.2621-2637, 2020.

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T. Saeidi, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "Sequenced Ordered Logit Model Considering Latent Variables for Determining Trip Satisfaction of Metro Passengers", Transportation Research Record, 2020 Jul vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-12, 2020.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, "Modelling socioeconomic attributes of public transit passengers", Journal of Geographical Systems, 2020 Jun vol. 22, no. 1, pp.519-543, 2020.

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S. Movagharhoor, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "Optimum Location of Autonomous Vehicle Lanes: A Model Considering Capacity Variation", Mathematical Problems In Engineering, 2020 May vol. 2020, no. 1, pp.1-13, 2020.

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A. Soltanpourkhazaei, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "Customer satisfaction in urban rail: a study on transferability of structural equation models", Public Transport, 2020 Jan vol. 12, no. 1, pp.123-146, 2020.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, "Behavioural advertising in the public transit network", Research In Transportation Business and Management, 2019 Dec vol. 32, no. 100421, pp.1-10, 2019.

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Behrang Assemi, Azalden Alsger, Mahboobeh Moghaddam, Mark Hickman, M. Mesbah Namini, "Improving Alighting Stop Inference Accuracy in the Trip Chaining Method using Neural Networks", Public Transport, 2019 Nov vol. 12, no. 1, pp.89-121, 2019.

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A. Ghaffari, M. Mesbah Namini, A. Khodaii, "Designing a transit priority network under variable demand", Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research, 2019 Jun vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-14, 2019.

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Ahmad Tavassoli, M. Mesbah Namini, Mark Hickman, "Calibrating a transit assignment model using smart card data in a large-scale multi-modal transit network", Transportation, 2019 Jun vol. -, no. 0, pp.1-24, 2019.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, "Comparing Sequential with Combined Spatiotemporal Clustering of Passenger Trips in the Public Transit Network Using Smart Card Data", Mathematical Problems In Engineering, 2019 Apr vol. 2019, no. 1, pp.1-16, 2019.

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Shahrzad Moeiniyan Bagheri, Behrang Assemi, M. Mesbah Namini, Mark Hickman, "A cost-effective ubiquitous method for motor vehicle speed estimation using smartphones", Iet Wireless Sensor Systems, 2018 Dec vol. 8, no. 6, pp.340-349, 2018.

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Ahmad Tavassoli, M. Mesbah Namini, Ameneh Shobeirinejad, "Modelling passenger waiting time using large-scale automatic fare collection data: An Australian case study", Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 2018 Oct vol. 58, no. 0, pp.500-510, 2018.

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Hamed Faroqi, M. Mesbah Namini, Jiwon Kim, Ahmad Tavassoli, "A model for measuring activity similarity between public transit passengers using smart card data", Travel Behaviour and Society, 2018 Sep vol. 13, no. 0, pp.11-25, 2018.

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Mahboobeh Moghaddam, Hamid Shobeiri Nejad, M. Mesbah Namini, Mark Hickman, "Developing a fault prediction model for wired copper networks under precipitation", International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 2018 Aug vol. 14, no. 3, pp.268-293, 2018.

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Mohadeseh Rahbar, Mark Hickman, M. Mesbah Namini, Ahmad Tavassoli, "Calibrating a Bayesian Transit Assignment Model Using Smart Card Data", Ieee Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2018 Aug vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-10, 2018.

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Mohadeseh Rahbar, Mark Hickman, M. Mesbah Namini, Ahmad Tavassoli, "Determining Effective Sample Size to Calibrate a Transit Assignment Model: A Bayesian Perspective", Transportation Research Record, 2018 Jun vol. 2018, no. 1, pp.1-10, 2018.

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Behrang Assemi, Hamed Jafarzadeh, M. Mesbah Namini, Mark Hickman, "Participants' perceptions of smartphone travel surveys", Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 2018 Mar vol. 54, no. 0, pp.338-348, 2018.

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Azalden Alsger, Ahmad Tavassoli, M. Mesbah Namini, Luis Fereirra, Mark Hickman, "Public transport trip purpose inference using smart card data", Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies, 2018 Jan vol. 87, no. 1, pp.123-137, 2018.

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Misbah Khan, M. Mesbah Namini, Luis Ferreira, David Williams, "A case study on pavement performance due to extreme moisture intrusion at untreated layers", International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2017 Dec vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-14, 2017.

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Ahmad Tavassoli, M. Mesbah Namini, Mark Hickman, "Application of smart card data in validating a large-scale multi-modal transit assignment model", Public Transport, 2017 Sep vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-21, 2017.

Conference Papers

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G. Nasr Esfahani, M. Mesbah Namini, A.R. Ghaffari, A.F. Omid, "A Review on the effect of demand uncertainty on the network design problem of cars and transit,", International Congress on Civil Engineeting, Oct 2025.

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T. Saeidi, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, A. Soltanpourkhazaei, M. Sahraei, Babak Mehran, "Passenger Satisfaction across Multiple Public Transit Modes,", World Conference on Transport ResearchWCTR 2023, Jul 2023.

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Ali Farzane Movahed, M. Mesbah Namini, Mohammad Hossein Sarkhosh, "Temporal and spatial pattern of delivery motorcycles travels in Tehran,", The 19th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering, Mar 2023.

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O. Armantalab, M. Mesbah Namini, Sara Bourbour, Zr Ghahroodi, "Why Drivers May Not Buckle Up? An Investigation on Factors That Affect Seat Belt Violations,", Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting, Jan 2022.

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M. Mesbah Namini, Sara Bourbour, , A. Ghaffari, S. Ghassemi, "A data-driven approach to estimate dynamic and multimodal urban origin-destination matrices,", Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting, Jan 2022.

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A. Golroo, M. Rasti, Bahram Taheri, M. Mesbah Namini, Maryam Amir Haeri, Hainian Wang, "A Nexus Framework for the intelligent transportation infrastructure based on circular economy,", World Transport Convention, Jun 2021.

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Behrang Assemi, Hamid Safi, Alexander Paz, M. Mesbah Namini, Luis Ferreira, Mark Hickman, "Enhancing GPS-Assisted Travel Data Collection Through Smartphones,", The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems., Sep 2020.

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M. Bargi, M. Ghatee, M. Mesbah Namini, "Introducing two master-slave meta-heuristic algorithms for cooperative intersections timing,", The 18th International Conference on Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Feb 2020.

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T. Saeidi, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "A Sequenced Ordered Logit Model to Identify Key Factors of BRT Service Quality,", First Online Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, Jan 2020.

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M. Sahraei, A. Soltanpourkhazaei, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "Women's perceptions of service quality in transit: A case study of Tehran Metro,", 6th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation, Sep 2019.

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M. Ahmadi, B. Khorsandi, M. Mesbah Namini, "A comprehensive review on the effects of air pollution on human performance,", International conference on society and environment, Sep 2018.

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Asal Farajpour, Morteza Bagheri, M. Mesbah Namini, "Analysis of Passenger Satisfaction in Using Various Transport modes and the Affecting Factors (Case Study: Tehran-Parnd),", The 17th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Feb 2018.

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A. Soltanpourkhazaei, M. Mesbah Namini, M. Habibian, "Perceived Service Quality in Urban Rail Transit: A Comparison of Structural Equation Models,", The 97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB 2018), Jan 2018.

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E. Saffari, A. Golroo, M. Mesbah Namini, M.A. Ashena, "A Methodology to Develop an ITS Architecture For Developing Countries: Case Study of Iran,", The 97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB 2018), Jan 2018.

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M.A. Ashena, M. Mesbah Namini, A. Golroo, E. Saffari, "An Approach to Develop a National ITS Architecture for Iran in Public Transportation,", 2nd Iran ITS Congress, Feb 2017.

Journals Editorial Board

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IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

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Traffic Engneering

1. تجهیز دانشجویان به دانش پایه ای و درک روش ها و فرآیندهای ترافیکی (شامل جمع آوری داده، تئوری پایه ی جریان ترافیک و تئوری صف)2. اعمال تئوری ه

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Analysis and Evaluation of Transportation Systems

1. ارائه دانش و ایجاد درک عمیق در دانشجویان از روش های مورد استفاده برای تحلیل شبکه حمل و نقل. این شامل موارد زیر است:- مسائلی که نیاز به تحلی

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Public transport

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Transportation Engineering

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Traffic Engneering

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Analysis and Evaluation of Transportation Systems

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Transportation Engineering

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Public transport

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