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CGAN-EB: A non-parametric empirical Bayes method for crash frequency modeling using conditional generative adversarial networks as safety performance functions

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KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtst.2022.06.006

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Crash predictive model; Conditional Generative Adversarial; Networks (CGAN); Crash data simulation; Empirical Bayes method; Safety performance function

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A novel non-parametric empirical Bayes (EB) method based on Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (CGAN) is proposed in this paper for modeling crash frequency data. Unlike parametric approaches, the proposed CGAN-EB does not require a pre-specified underlying relationship between dependent and independent variables and is able to model any types of distributions. The performance of CGAN-EB is compared with the conventional approach (NB-EB) in terms of model fit, predictive performance, and network screening outcomes, and the results show that CGAN-EB outperforms NB-EB in prediction power and hotspot identification tests.
The empirical Bayes (EB) method based on parametric statistical models such as the negative binomial (NB) has been widely used for ranking sites in the road network safety screening process. In this paper a novel non-parametric EB method for modeling crash frequency data based on Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (CGAN) is proposed and evaluated over a real-world crash data set. Unlike parametric approaches, there is no need for a pre-specified underlying relationship between dependent and independent variables in the proposed CGAN-EB and they are able to model any types of distributions. The proposed methodology is applied to real-world and simulated crash data sets. The performance of CGAN-EB in terms of model fit, predictive performance and network screening outcomes is compared with the conventional approach (NB-EB) as a benchmark. The results indicate that the proposed CGAN-EB approach outperforms NB-EB in terms of prediction power and hotspot identification tests. & COPY; 2022 Tongji University and Tongji University Press. Publishing Services by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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