Abstract #302392

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JSM 2003 Abstract #302392
Activity Number: 65
Type: Other
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: ASA
Abstract - #302392
Title: Introduction to Transportation Statistics
Author(s): David L. Banks*+
Companies: Duke University
Address: 1027 Wintergreen Terrace, Rockville, MD, 20850-1006,
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Transportation statistics is a rapidly emerging application area. It has attracted the attention of federal, academic, and industry researchers. This talk provides an overview of two areas in the field: (1) Modeling transportation flows is an old, hard problem. The main line of theoretical work in this area is the gravity model; the main line of simulation work in this area is TRANSIMS. This talk outlines the statistics behind these related efforts, and points out some of the research issues associated with using and validating these models. (2) Risk analysis is a key issue for everyone; automobile deaths are the third leading cause for lost years of life in the United States. But only recently have researchers begun to apply modern methods of biostatistical risk analysis to transportation data. This talk describes the conventional methods for transportation risk analysis and points out the new work that is being done. Additionally, the talk reviews research topics that have recently appeared in the literature or in the press,such as the development of measures of the quality of life in terms of transportation.

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