Highlights ► Traffic flows consist of: trend, Gaussian type fluctuations and “bursts”. ► We improve predictions by retrieving intra-day trend prior to prediction. ► We cannot predict the “bursts”, due to smoothness assumption of prediction models. ► We can use PPCA based imputation method to mitigate data missing problem. ► We cannot predict but can identify traffic breakdowns.

    Abstract In this paper, we discuss three problems that occur within short-term traffic prediction when the information from only a single point loop detector is used. First, we analyze the retrieval of intra-day trend for traffic flow series and determine whether this retrieval process improves traffic prediction. We compare different highway traffic prediction models that use either the original traffic flow series or the residual time series with the intra-day trend removed. Test results indicate that the prediction performance MAY be significantly improved in the latter scenario. Second, we address two other related questions: the influence of missing data and traffic breakdown prediction. We show that the Probabilistic Principal Component Analysis (PPCA) method, which also utilizes the intra-day trend of traffic flow series, can be a useful tool in imputing the missing data. It can simultaneously ensure that the prediction error remains at an acceptable level, especially when the missing ratio is relatively low. We also show that almost all the known predictors have hidden assumptions of smoothness and, thus, cannot predict the burst points that deviate too far from the intra-day trend. As a result, traffic breakdown points can only be identified but not predicted.


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    Title :

    The retrieval of intra-day trend and its influence on traffic prediction


    Contributors:
    Chen, Chenyi (author) / Wang, Yin (author) / Li, Li (author) / Hu, Jianming (author) / Zhang, Zuo (author)


    Publication date :

    2011-12-14


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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