A latent variable representation of count data models to accommodate spatial and temporal dependence: Application to predicting crash frequency at intersections

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 253-272

  Castro, Marisol ^a   Paleti, Rajesh ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Composite marginal likelihood; Count data; Generalized ordered response; Multivariate analysis; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MARGINAL LIKELIHOODS; COUNT DATUM; GENERALIZED ORDERED RESPONSE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ECONOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 81055136593     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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