The Poisson inverse Gaussian (PIG) generalized linear regression model for analyzing motor vehicle crash data

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 18-35

  Zha, Liteng ^a   Lord, Dominique ^a   Zou, Yajie ^b  

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

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

generalized linear model; Poisson gamma; Poisson inverse Gaussian; traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949058007     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2014.977502     Document Type: Article

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