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Title: Enhancing work zone crash severity analysis: The role of synthetic minority oversampling technique in balancing minority categories
Award ID(s):
2222699
PAR ID:
10584033
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Accident Analysis and Prevention
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Accident Analysis & Prevention
Volume:
208
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0001-4575
Page Range / eLocation ID:
107794
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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