Bayesian multivariate Poisson lognormal models for crash severity modeling and site ranking

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2136, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Aguero Valverde, Jonathan ^a   Jovanis, Paul P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BAYESIAN; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH SEVERITY; CRASH SEVERITY MODELS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; LOG-NORMAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE MODELING; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SITES WITH PROMISE; UNIVARIATE;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 76749111608     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2136-10     Document Type: Article

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