Before-after freeway accident analysis using Cluster algorithms

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue , 2011, Pages 723-731

  De Luca, Mario ^a   Mauro, Raffaele ^b   Russo, Francesca ^a   Dell'Acqua, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

After before analysis; Cluster analysis; Dangerousness index; Road safety on freeway segments

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052992387     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.08.080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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