A comparative study of alternative model structures and criteria for ranking locations for safety improvements

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-110

  Miranda Moreno, Luis F ^a,b   Fu, Liping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL TRANSPORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blackspot identification; Empirical Bayes approach; Zero inflated models

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT; EMPIRICAL BAYES APPROACH; ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT; HIGHWAY-RAILWAY GRADE CROSSING; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES; ZERO-INFLATED MODELS;

MODEL STRUCTURES; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

MODELS;

EID: 33646760314     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-006-7695-2     Document Type: Article

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