Genetic programming to investigate design parameters contributing to crash occurrence on urban arterials

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2147, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Das, Abhishek ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Pande, Anurag ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ACCESS POINTS; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH TYPE; CROSSOVER AND MUTATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; INTERSECTION POINTS; NON-LINEAR MODELLING; ROADWAY ELEMENTS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 78651329570     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2147-04     Document Type: Article

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