We develop a Bayesian particle filter for tracking traffic flows that is capable of capturing non-linearities and discontinuities present in flow dynamics. Our model includes a hidden state variable that captures sudden regime shifts between traffic free flow, breakdown, and recovery. We develop an efficient particle learning algorithm for real time online inference of states and parameters. This requires a two-step approach, first resampling the current particles with a mixture predictive distribution and second propagation of states using the conditional posterior distribution. Particle learning of parameters follows from updating recursions for conditional sufficient statistics. To illustrate our methodology, we analyze the measurements of daily traffic flow from the Illinois Interstate I-55 highway system. We demonstrate how our filter can be used to infer the change of traffic flow regime on a highway road segment based on a measurement from freeway single-loop detectors. Finally, we conclude with directions for future research.


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    Title :

    Bayesian Particle Tracking of Traffic Flows


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    Publication date :

    2018-02-01


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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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