Predicting reduced visibility related crashes on freeways using real-time traffic flow data

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-36

  Hassan, Hany M ^a,b   Abdel Aty, Mohamed A ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Freeways; Matched case control logistic regression; Random Forests; Real time crash prediction; Reduced visibility

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CRASH PREDICTION; LOOP DETECTOR; RANDOM FORESTS; REAL TIME TRAFFICS; REDUCED VISIBILITY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTERS; VISIBILITY CONDITIONS;

DECISION TREES; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VISIBILITY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878099291     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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