Investigating transferability and goodness of fit of two different approaches of segmentation and model form for estimating safety performance of motorways

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 613-623

  D'Agostino, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Model transferability; Road safety; Safety Performance Function; Segmentation approach

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HARDWARE SECURITY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

BETTER PERFORMANCE; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CORRECTION FACTORS; FUNCTIONAL EQUATION; MODEL TRANSFERABILITIES; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION;

SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 84922273954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.10.478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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