Exploring a Bayesian hierarchical approach for developing safety performance functions for a mountainous freeway

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1581-1589

  Ahmed, Mohamed ^a   Huang, Helai ^b   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Guevara, Bernardo ^c  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c State of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse weather; Bayesian model; Curve; Freeway; Safety; Slope

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE WEATHER; BAYESIAN MODEL; CURVE; FREEWAY; SAFETY; SLOPE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DROUGHT; GEOMETRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PAVEMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SNOW;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALTITUDE; BAYES THEOREM; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WEATHER;

EID: 79955611692     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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