Dr Amir Pooyan Afghari
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Transport safety, Transport data analysis, Behavioural econometrics, Discrete choice models, Statistics and probabilities, Bayesian inference
Research field
Civil engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Teaching
This unit offered an introduction to statistical methods for engineers in practice. It included the following: the process of stochastic research, hypothesis testing, linear regression analysis, simultaneous equation models, count regression models, and discrete response models.
Publications
- Oviedo-Trespalacios, O., Afghari, A. & Haque, S. (2020). A hierarchical Bayesian multivariate ordered model of distracted drivers' decision to initiate risk-compensating behaviour. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 26, 1–19. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/157436
- Afghari, A., Washington, S., Prato, C. & Haque, M. (2019). Contrasting case-wise deletion with multiple imputation and latent variable approaches to dealing with missing observations in count regression models. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 24. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132159
- Afghari, A., Haque, M., Washington, S. & Smyth, T. (2019). Effects of globally obtained informative priors on Bayesian safety performance functions developed for Australian crash data. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 129, 55–65. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129261
- Shaon, M., Qin, X., Afghari, A., Washington, S. & Haque, M. (2019). Incorporating behavioral variables into crash count prediction by severity: A multivariate multiple risk source approach. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 129, 277–288. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130612
- Abolhassani, L., Afghari, A. & Borzadaran, H. (2019). Public preferences towards bicycle sharing system in developing countries: The case of Mashhad, Iran. Sustainable Cities and Society, 44, 763–773. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122726
- Afghari, A., Washington, S., Haque, M. & Li, Z. (2018). A comprehensive joint econometric model of motor vehicle crashes arising from multiple sources of risk. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 18, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117275
- Washington, S., Afghari, A. & Haque, M. (2018). Detecting high-risk accident locations. In D. Lord & S. Washington (Eds.), Safe mobility: Challenges, methodology and solutions (Transport and Sustainability, Volume 11) (pp. 351–382). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117342
- Afghari, A., Haque, M. & Washington, S. (2018). Applying fractional split model to examine the effects of roadway geometric and traffic characteristics on speeding behavior. Traffic Injury Prevention, 19(8), 860–866. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121409
- Rusli, R., Haque, M., Afghari, A. & King, M. (2018). Applying a random parameters Negative Binomial Lindley model to examine multi-vehicle crashes along rural mountainous highways in Malaysia. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 119, 80–90. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119812
- Afghari, A., Haque, M., Washington, S. & Smyth, T. (2016). Bayesian latent class safety performance function for identifying motor vehicle crash black spots. Transportation Research Record, 2601, 90–98. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92751
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Injury Prevention Program Seeding Grant ($6,000): Exploring the Road Users Receptivity to Share Roads with Highly Automated VehiclesChief Investigator: Dr Xiaomeng Li; Co-investigators: Dr Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, Dr Amir Pooyan Afghari and Dr Sherrie-Anne Kaye
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Outstanding Paper Award by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation (ANB20)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- NICTA Victorian Research Lab (VRL) Scholarship, Monash University, Australia
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Research Higher Degree Scholarship: ARC Discovery Project, Queensland University of Technology and University of Queensland, Australia
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Research Higher Degree Scholarship, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Graduation Bonus Award in recognition of good academic progress towards Masters, Concordia University, Canada
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Concordia Partial Tuition Scholarship for International Students, Concordia University, Canada
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- The Golden Key International Honor Society in recognition of good academic progress, Concordia University, Canada