The development and performance of Patricia, a suite of (choice) models that can be used to analyze and predict activity-travel patterns, is reported. This suite of models, which differs from similar sequential utility-maximizing models of activity-travel patterns in that it incorporates a larger number of choice facets and choice options, was sequentially estimated with activity-travel data collected in the region of South Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The results of the estimation are satisfactory at the level of aggregated origin-destination matrices and individual activity patterns.
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