An estimation method of the average effect and the different accident risks when modelling a road safety measure: A simulation study

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1260-1277

  N'Guessan, Assi ^a   Essai, Azeddine ^b   N'Zi, Modeste ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Accident data; Accident risk; Before after estimation; Constrained maximum likelihood; Mean square error; Multinomial model; Road safety measure; Simulation

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

ACCIDENT DATA; ACCIDENT RISK; BEFORE AFTER ESTIMATION; CONSTRAINED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; MULTINOMIAL MODELS; ROAD SAFETY MEASURES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 33750338725     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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