A model to predict the probability of highway rail crossing accidents

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-329

  McCollister, G M ^a   Pflaum, C C ^a  

^a Spectrum Economics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cost benefit; Crossing; Fatalities; Injuries; Predictions; Railroad

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RAIL CROSSING ACCIDENTS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 38149118845     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT84     Document Type: Article

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