Handling underdispersion in calibrating safety performance function at Urban, four-leg, signalized intersections

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-188

  Giuffrè, Orazio ^a   Granà, Anna ^a   Roberta, Marino ^a   Corriere, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

COM Poisson model; Safety performance function; Signalized intersections; Under dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052306698     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2011.599014     Document Type: Article

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