Research Article

Application of the Bayesian Model Averaging in Analyzing Freeway Traffic Incident Clearance Time for Emergency Management

Table 2

Selected models with the highest posterior probabilities using BMA.

VariableEVaSDbModel1Model2Model3Model4Model5

Response time100.0−0.0920.004−0.091−0.094−0.091−0.092−0.092
Traffic control100.0−0.5270.062−0.536−0.509−0.533−0.502−0.533
Collision100.0−0.7370.211−0.866−0.780−0.877−0.380−0.868
Single lane blocked92.2−0.1820.078−0.173−0.217−0.176−0.216−0.182
Multiple lane blocked100.0−0.6190.111−0.608−0.670−0.586−0.639−0.623
Total closure100.0−1.4910.357−1.501−1.531−1.536−1.444−1.523
Injury involved100.0−0.4850.123−0.486−0.484−0.475−0.500−0.484
Fire involved92.6−1.0610.455−1.248−1.177−1.143−8.969−1.257
Summer100.00.1700.0450.1760.1710.1730.1630.173
nVarc1112101212
BIC−1488−1486−1486−1486−1485
PMP0.2280.1170.1060.0860.060

aEV is posterior means. bSD means the standard deviation. cnVar refers to the number of variables in the model.