Fully Bayesian approach to investigate and evaluate ranking criteria for black spot identification

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2237, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Lan, Bo ^a   Persaud, Bhagwant ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN METHODS; BLACK SPOT; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH POTENTIAL; EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN METHOD; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FULLY BAYESIAN APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE; POISSON MEAN; RANKING CRITERION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84856650151     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2237-13     Document Type: Article

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