A flexible discrete density random parameters model for count data: Embracing unobserved heterogeneity in highway safety analysis

Analytic Methods in Accident Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2018, Pages 68-80

  Heydari, Shahram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONVENTIONAL MODELS; DIRICHLET PROCESS; DISCRETE DENSITIES; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 85055893863     PISSN: 22136657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amar.2018.10.001     Document Type: Article

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