Getis-ord spatial statistics to identify hot spots by using incident management data

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2165, 2010, Pages 42-51

  Songchitruksa, Praprut ^a   Zeng, Xiaosi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ATTRIBUTE VALUES; CASE-STUDIES; HOTSPOTS; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT DATA; MANAGEMENT DATABASE; PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL DEPENDENCIES; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPATIAL STATISTICS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651311174     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2165-05     Document Type: Article

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