Analyzing angle crashes at unsignalized intersections using machine learning techniques

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 461-470

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Haleem, Kirolos ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle crash; Crash prediction; Data mining; Machine learning; MARS; Multivariate adaptive regression splines; Random forest; Unsignalized intersections

Indexed keywords

ANGLE CRASH; CRASH PREDICTION; MACHINE-LEARNING; MARS; MULTIVARIATE ADAPTIVE REGRESSION SPLINES; RANDOM FORESTS; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

ALGEBRA; AUTOMOBILES; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLINES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FORECASTING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650023661     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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