Does prior specification matter in hotspot identification and before-after road safety studies?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2392, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Heydari, Shahram ^a   Miranda Moreno, Luis ^a   Amador, Luis ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

BAYES METHOD; CONDITION; GOODNESS OF FIT; HOTSPOTS; INFORMATIVE PRIORS; MODELING PARAMETERS; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY STUDIES; SMALL SAMPLES;

SPECIFICATIONS;

EID: 84897142284     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2392-04     Document Type: Article

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