An expert judgment model applied to estimating the safety effect of a bicycle facility

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 589-599

  Leden, Lars ^a,b   Gårder, Per ^c   Pulkkinen, Urho ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Expert; Model; Raised crossing; Safety

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN ERROR MODELS; EXPERT JUDGEMENT MODELS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BICYCLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INJURY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; BICYCLING; FINLAND; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033625660     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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