Wavelet-Bayesian hierarchical stochastic model for short-term traffic flow at noncritical junctions
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Ghosh, B., Basu, B. and O'Mahony, M, Wavelet-Bayesian hierarchical stochastic model for short-term traffic flow at noncritical junctions, Procs of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January, 2008, CDROMDownload Item:
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Abstract:
In ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) equipped urban transportation systems noncritical
junctions are often ignored in short-term traffic condition prediction algorithms as the
traffic data collection systems in these junctions are not adequate. The paper proposes a shortterm
traffic volume model based on a combination of discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and
Bayesian hierarchical methodology (BHM) applicable to non-critical junctions lacking
continuous data collection systems. Unlike typical short-term traffic condition forecasting
algorithms, large traffic flow datasets including information on current traffic scenarios are not
required for the proposed model. In this model, a non-functional representation of the daily
`trend? of urban traffic flow observations is achieved using DWT while the fluctuations in the
traffic flow in addition to the variations represented by the `trend? are modeled as a stochastic
process using BHM. The time-varying variance (within day) of these fluctuations over the
`trend? in urban traffic flow observations at a signalized intersection has been estimated in the
model. The effectiveness and the accuracy of the model have been compared with a
conventional short-term traffic flow forecasting time-series model based on Holt-Winters
Exponential Smoothing (HWES) technique. Both the models are applied at two signalized
intersections at the city-centre of Dublin and their performances have been discussed.
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