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A Case Study on the Use of Intervention Analysis Applied to Traffic Accidents

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Journal of the Operational Research Society

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This paper discusses the identification of the effects of outside interventions on a time series, using Intervention Analysis. Its aim is to act as a guide to other analyses and to enhance the literature on the important new technique of Intervention Analysis. A case is presented which concerns the effects of the lowering of the speed limit on traffic accidents.

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  1. University of British Columbia,

    M. Stella Atkins

  2. Work performed while working for H. A. Leach and Co. Ltd., Computer Consultants, Vancouver, B.C.

    M. Stella Atkins

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Atkins, M. A Case Study on the Use of Intervention Analysis Applied to Traffic Accidents. J Oper Res Soc 30, 651–659 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1979.159

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