Crash frequency analysis of different types of urban roadway segments using generalized additive model

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-114

  Zhang, Yunlong ^a   Xie, Yuanchang ^b   Li, Linhua ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c TEDSI Infrastructure Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash analysis; Crash rate; Generalized additive model; Generalized linear model; Roadway type

Indexed keywords

CRASH ANALYSIS; CRASH RATE; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; ROADWAY TYPE;

RESEARCH; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 84862539748     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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