Evaluation of safety identification methods for low-volume roads using Monte Carlo simulation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2203, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   Di Silvestro, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RURAL ROADS;

BLACK SPOT; CRITICAL ISSUES; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LOW VOLUME ROADS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY CONTROLS; SAFETY PROBLEMS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TWO-LANE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79960904415     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2203-14     Document Type: Article

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