Exploring the application of the Negative Binomial-Generalized Exponential model for analyzing traffic crash data with excess zeros

Analytic Methods in Accident Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-36

  Vangala, Prathyusha ^a   Lord, Dominique ^a   Geedipally, Srinivas Reddy ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Excess zeros; Generalized Exponential; Negative Binomial; Regression model

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS;

EXCESS ZEROS; GENERALIZED EXPONENTIAL; GENERALIZED EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL LINDLEY; REGRESSION MODEL; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938401783     PISSN: 22136657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amar.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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