Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis - Hardcover

Washington, Simon P.; Karlaftis, Matthew G.; Mannering, Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584880309 ISBN 13: 9781584880301

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2003

Synopsis

As the field of transportation moves toward the "total quality management" paradigm, performance-based outcomes and quantitative measures have become increasingly important. Measuring performance in the field depends heavily on modeling trends and data, which in turn requires powerful, and flexible analytical tools. To date, however, transportation professionals have lacked a unified, rigorous guide to modeling the wide range of problems they encounter in the field.

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...With [an] evolution in methods comes a tremendous need for books that synthesize and extend the usual statistical theory presentation to one suitable for application-oriented audiences. Washington et al.’s book provides an excellent and needed addition to this genre of texts. ... an excellent addition to a practicing transportation analyst’s library as well as a perfect companion to a first-year graduate modeling or methods course ... this text adroitly...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1584880309
• ISBN 13: 9781584880301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440