Developing a Random Parameters Negative Binomial-Lindley Model to analyze highly over-dispersed crash count data

Analytic Methods in Accident Research

Volumn 18, Issue , 2018, Pages 33-44

  Shaon, Mohammad Razaur Rahman ^a   Qin, Xiao ^a   Shirazi, Mohammadali ^b   Lord, Dominique ^b   Geedipally, Srinivas Reddy ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Excess zero observations; Mixed model; Negative binomial Lindley; Over dispersion; Random parameters model; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DISPERSIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

EXCESS ZERO OBSERVATIONS; MIXED MODELING; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL LINDLEY; OVER DISPERSION; RANDOM PARAMETERS; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 85045719766     PISSN: 22136657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amar.2018.04.002     Document Type: Article

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