Comparative analysis of the spatial analysis methods for hotspot identification

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-88

  Yu, Hao ^a,b   Liu, Pan ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Hao ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical Bayesian; Hotspot; Kernel density; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN; HOT SPOT; KERNEL DENSITY; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION METHODS;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOTSPOT; HUMAN; KERNEL DENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN; HOTSPOT; KERNEL DENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897625698     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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