Real-time hazardous traffic condition warning system: Framework and evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-272

  Oh, Cheol ^a,b   Oh, Jun Seok ^c,e   Ritchie, Stephen G ^d,f  

^a Korea Transport Institute ^*

^b Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^c Parkview Campus   (United States)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^e WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident likelihood; Bayesian modeling; Hazardous traffic conditions; Warning information

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACCIDENT LIKELIHOOD; BAYESIAN MODELING; HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; WARNING INFORMATION SYSTEM;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 27744496986     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2005.853693     Document Type: Article

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