Examining driver behavior at the onset of yellow in a traffic simulator environment: Comparisons between random parameters and latent class logit models

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 300-307

  Savolainen, Peter T ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilemma zone; Indecision zone; Latent class logit model; Random parameter logit model; Traffic signal

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIMULATORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLE ACTUATED SIGNALS;

DILEMMA ZONE; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; FIXED-PARAMETER MODELS; LATENT CLASS LOGIT MODELS; LOGIT MODELING; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISTRACTED DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL PHONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISTRACTED DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955163519     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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