Finite mixture modeling approach for developing crash modification factors in highway safety analysis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-287

  Park, Byung Jung ^a   Lord, Dominique ^b   Wu, Lingtao ^c  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

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

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

Author keywords

Combined safety effects; Crash modification factor; Finite mixture model; Highway safety; Negative binomial model

Indexed keywords

BINS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MIXTURES; SAFETY FACTOR; TRANSPORTATION;

COMBINED SAFETY EFFECTS; FINITE MIXTURE MODELING; HIGHWAY SAFETY; MODIFICATION FACTORS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84994376802     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.10.023     Document Type: Article

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