The local spatial autocorrelation and the kernel method for identifying black zones: A comparative approach

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 991-1004

  Flahaut, Benôt ^a,b   Mouchart, Michel ^a   Martin, Ernesto San ^a,c   Thomas, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Black zones; Kernel estimators; Local spatial autocorrelation; Road accidents

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042831198     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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