An explanatory analysis of driver injury severity in rear-end crashes using a decision table/Naïve Bayes (DTNB) hybrid classifier

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-107

  Chen, Cong ^a   Zhang, Guohui ^a   Yang, Jinfu ^b   Milton, John C ^c   Alcántara, Adélamar Dely ^d  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rules; Decision table Na ve Bayes (DTNB) classifier; Driver injury severity; Rear end crash; ROC curve; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LIGHTING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

DECISION RULES; DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; REAR-END CRASHES; ROC CURVES; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

DECISION TABLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW MEXICO; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RURAL POPULATION; SEATBELT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RURAL POPULATION; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959370130     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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