RESEARCH

Journal Publications

1. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., & Pani, A. (2025). A Model Typology Approach for Improving Spatial Transferability of Freight Demand Estimates: Case Study of Geographically Dissimilar Regions in India. Transportation Research Procedia (In Press) [PREPRINT]

2. Balla, B. S., & Sahu, P. K. (2024). Examining the Effects of Local Sample Sizes on Spatial Transferability of Freight Production Models. Transportation Research Record, 2678(6), 415-430. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231197649

3. Balla, B. S., & Sahu, P. K. (2023). Assessing Regional Transferability and Updating of Freight Generation Models to Reduce Sample Size Requirements in National Freight Data Collection Program. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 175, 103780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103780

4. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., Pani, A., Sharma, S., & Majumdar, B. B. (2023). Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Methods for Modeling Establishment-Level Freight Generation. Transportation Research Record, 2677(2), 154–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221116369

5. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., & Pani, A. (2021). Are Freight Production Models Transferable between Urban and Suburban Areas? Guiding Model Transfer in Geographically Sprawling Indian Cities. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 102(3), 643–656. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-021-00556-7

Conference Proceedings

1. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P., & Pani, A. (2023). Enhancing Spatial Transferability of Freight Generation Models Using an Adaptive Neural Network to Optimise Freight Survey Resources. Book of Abstracts 5th VREF Conference on Urban Freight.

Conference Presentations

1. Balla, B. S., Sahu P. K., & Pani, A. (2024). A Model Typology Approach for Improving Spatial Transferability of Freight Demand Estimates: Case Study of Geographically Dissimilar Regions in India. TIS ROMA 2024 Conference, Rome, Italy, September.

2. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., & Pani, A. (2024). Framework for Reducing Freight Survey Resources Through the Use of Spatial Transferability. 103rd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January.

3. Balla, B. S. & Sahu, P. K. (2023). Comparison of Correction Methods in Spatial Transferability of Freight Production Models. 7th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Surat, India, December.

4. Balla, B. S. & Sahu, P. K. (2023). Transferability Approach for Freight Data Measurement and Model Development in Resource-Constrained Regions. 7th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Surat, India, December.

5. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., & Pani, A. (2023). Enhancing Spatial Transferability of Freight Generation Models using an Adaptive Neural Network to Optimise Freight Survey Resources. 5th VREF conference on Urban Freight, Gothenburg, Sweden, October.

6. Majumdar, B. B., Patil, M., Sahu, P. K., Marazi N. F., Balla, B. S., & Sil, G. (2023). Analyzing Prospective Users' Willingness to Pay for Electric Two-wheeler Infrastructure Attributes in Indian Context. 15th Eastern Asian Society for Transportation Studies Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September.

7. Balla, B. S. (2023). Optimisation of Resources in Pre-planning Stage of Freight Data Collection using Model Transferability Approach. Presented in Freight and Marine Young Members Council (YMC-FM) session at 102nd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January.

8. Balla, B. S., Pani, A., & Sahu, P. K. (2022). Enhancing the Transferability Accuracy of Urban Freight Demand Models using a Novel Establishment Typology. 15th Urban Mobility India Conference & Expo, Kochi, India, November.

9. Balla, B. S., Pani, A., & Sahu, P. K. (2021). Spatial Transferability Assessment of Establishment Level Freight Attraction Models: A Case Study of Indian Cities. 6th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Tiruchirappalli, India, December.

10. Balla, B. S., Sahu, P. K., Pani, A., & Arvind, K. (2021). Spatial Transferability Assessment of Freight Production Models: Guiding Model Transfer between Urban and Suburban Areas in Geographically Sprawling Indian Cities. 100th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January.