Real‐time road traffic forecasting using regime‐switching space‐time models and adaptive LASSO

Y Kamarianakis, W Shen… - Applied stochastic models …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Smart transportation technologies require real‐time traffic prediction to be both fast and
scalable to full urban networks. We discuss a method that is able to meet this challenge …

Accounting for dynamic speed limit control in a stochastic traffic environment: A reinforcement learning approach

F Zhu, SV Ukkusuri - Transportation research part C: emerging …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel dynamic speed limit control model accounting for uncertain
traffic demand and supply in a stochastic traffic network. First, a link based dynamic network …

Nonlinear multivariate time–space threshold vector error correction model for short term traffic state prediction

T Ma, Z Zhou, B Abdulhai - Transportation Research Part B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract We propose Time–Space Threshold Vector Error Correction (TS-TVEC) model for
short term (hourly) traffic state prediction. The theory and method of cointegration with error …

Bottleneck and queuing analysis: Calibrating volume–delay functions of travel demand models

LF Huntsinger, NM Rouphail - Transportation research …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper discusses the link performance functions used in travel demand models with a
focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the most commonly used volume–delay functions …

Quantifying travel time variability at a single bottleneck based on stochastic capacity and demand distributions

M Li, X Zhou, NM Rouphail - Journal of Intelligent Transportation …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Travel time reliability, an essential factor in traveler route and departure time decisions,
serves as an important quality of service measure for dynamic transportation systems. This …

Applying problem-oriented and project-based learning in a transportation engineering course

M Li, A Faghri - Journal of professional issues in engineering …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A growing consensus in the literature on how to improve the quality of learning suggests that
adaptions to problem-based learning (PBL) methods could firstly improve learning …

Analysis of a stochastic switching model of freeway traffic incidents

L **, S Amin - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a model for freeway traffic dynamics under stochastic capacity-
reducing incidents, and provides insights for freeway incident management by analyzing …

Identifying and classifying highway bottlenecks based on spatial and temporal variation of speed

R Jose, S Mitra - Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
In this paper, we develop a novel approach to identify bottlenecks on highways using probe
data collected by commercial global positioning system (GPS) fleet management devices …

Effect of on-ramp demand and flow distribution on capacity at merge bottleneck locations

M Asgharzadeh, PS Gubbala, A Kondyli… - Transportation …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Past research acknowledged the impact of ramp vehicles on the occurrence of a breakdown
event, but little has been done to quantify the effect of the ramp vehicles on the resulting …

Quantification of motorway capacity variation: influence of day type specific variation and capacity drop

SC Calvert, H Taale… - Journal of Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Many road authorities work with static values for road capacities, while it has been proven
that capacity is not a fixed quantity. At the same time, there is an increasing need for …