Older drivers and accidents: A meta analysis and data mining application on traffic accident data

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 598-629

  Bayam, Evrim ^a   Liebowitz, Jay ^a   Agresti, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Data mining; Meta analysis; Senior drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA MINING; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; META-ANLAYSIS; SENIOR DRIVERS; TEENAGE DRIVING;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 24144490817     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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