Are incident durations and secondary incidents interdependent?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2099, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Khattak, Asad ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhang, Hongbing ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMPTON; INCIDENT DURATION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INVENTORY DATA; OCCURRENCE MODEL; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; STATISTICAL EVIDENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC INCIDENTS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 76549135340     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2099-05     Document Type: Article

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