Real-time prediction of visibility related crashes

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 288-298

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed A ^a   Hassan, Hany M ^a,b   Ahmed, Mohamed ^a   Al Ghamdi, Ali S ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Automatic vehicle identification; Bayesian matched case control logistic regression; Loop radar detectors; Real time crash risk; Reduced visibility

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISIBILITY;

BAYESIAN MATCHED CASE-CONTROL LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; LOOP/RADAR DETECTORS; REAL-TIME CRASH RISKS; REAL-TIME PREDICTION; REAL-TIME TRAFFIC DATUM; REAL-TIME TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCES; REDUCED VISIBILITY;

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION;

ACCIDENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISIBILITY;

EID: 84860541929     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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