Estimating safety by the empirical bayes method: A tutorial

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1784, 2002, Pages 126-131

  Hauer, Ezra ^a   Harwood, Douglas W ^b   Council, Forrest M ^c   Griffith, Michael S ^d  

^a Midwest Research Institute ^*  (Canada)

^b MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SAFETY ESTIMATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0036949453     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1784-16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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