Identifying precrash factors for cars and trucks on interstate highways: Mixed logit model approach

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Romo, Alicia ^a   Hernandez, Salvador ^a   Cheu, Ruey Long ^a  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash role.; Random parameters logit model; Vehicle characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894054732     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000621     Document Type: Article

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