Bayesian multiple testing procedures for hotspot identification

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1192-1201

  Miranda Moreno, Luis F ^a,b   Labbe, Aurélie ^a   Fu, Liping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL TRANSPORTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Hotspot; Multiple testing

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BAYESIAN MULTIPLE TESTING; FALSE DISCOVERY RATE (FDR); FALSE NEGATIVE RATE (FNR); HOTSPOT IDENTIFICATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; RAILROADS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34848879796     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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