Accident Count Model Based on Multiyear Cross-Sectional Roadway Data with Serial Correlation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1840, 2003, Pages 193-197

  Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F ^a   Shankar, Venkataraman N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CROSSOVER FREQUENCIES; INJURY ACCIDENTS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 1842532538     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1840-22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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