Examination of factors affecting freeway incident clearance times: A comparison of the generalized F model and several alternative nested models

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 471-485

  Ghosh, Indrajit ^a   Savolainen, Peter T ^b   Gates, Timothy J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

freeway; generalized F; incident clearance time; parametric hazard duration model

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

INCIDENT CLEARANCE TIME; INCIDENT DURATION; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; INCIDENT RESPONSE; INVENTORY DATABASE; MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS; PARAMETRIC HAZARD DURATION MODELS; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 84907938748     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.1189     Document Type: Article

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