Full bayes approach to before-and-after safety evaluation with matched comparisons

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2148, 2010, Pages 1-8

  El Basyouny, Karim ^a   Sayed, Tarek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

BAYES APPROACH; BAYES METHOD; BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EMPIRICAL BAYES; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; SAFETY TREATMENTS; TWO-WAY STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS;

HOUSING;

EID: 78651314053     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2148-01     Document Type: Article

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