Forecasting road deaths in Malaysia using support vector machine

• Main Authors: Nurul Qastalani, Radzuan, Mohd Hasnun, Arif Hassan, Anwar P.P., Abdul Majeed, Rabiu Muazu, Musa, Khairil Anwar, Abu Kassim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27603/1/Road%20Death%20SVM_submitted_citation.docm; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27603/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

An average of 6,350 people died every year in Malaysia due to road traffic accidents. A published data of Malaysian road deaths in 20 years since 1997 reveals that the number of fatalities has not really declined with a difference of less than 10% from one year to the next. Forecasting the number of...