Estimating confidence intervals for transport mode share

Journal of Transportation and Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-70

  Clark, Stephen D ^a   McKimm, John ^a  

^a LEEDS CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Confidence intervals; Mode share; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645463959     PISSN: 10948848     EISSN: 10948848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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