Bayesian analysis of the effect of horizontal curvature on truck crashes using training and validation data sets

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2096, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Schneider IV, William H ^a   Zimmerman, Karl ^b   Van Boxel, Dan ^a   Vavilikolanu, Srutha ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

BAYES METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; LEARNING PROCESS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; ROADWAY GEOMETRY; TRAINING DATA; VALIDATION DATA; VEHICLE CRASHES;

TRUCKS;

EID: 76649128706     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2096-06     Document Type: Article

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