Modeling the simultaneity in injury causation in multivehicle collisions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1784, 2002, Pages 143-152

  Ouyang, Yanfeng ^a   Shankar, Venky ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEHICLES;

MULTIVEHICLE COLLISIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0036949358     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1784-18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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