1. Application of Maximum Entropy Model in Distribution of Vehicle Speed
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Ping Han, Yi Bing Jiang, and Xu Nan Gao
- Subjects
Distribution (number theory) ,business.industry ,Principle of maximum entropy ,General Engineering ,Maximum entropy spectral estimation ,Three-point estimation ,Normal distribution ,Traffic engineering ,Simple (abstract algebra) ,Control theory ,Statistics ,Maximum entropy probability distribution ,business ,Mathematics - Abstract
It’s very important for the traffic flow theory, the traffic management and control, and the programming and design of roads to master the law of speed. And the most intuitive form is the speed distribution to describe the law. Based on the maximum entropy principle, this paper proposes a model which can generate the speed distribution curves only with the observed date. And the availability of this method has been proved by the example analysis. The fact has also been found that fitting with maximum entropy distribution is better than with normal distribution in peak hour and is worse than it in off peak hour, but the difference is not great. This model does not need assumptions. Moreover it has a simple calculation and a strong practicability. So this paper makes a contribution to the study of the speed distribution.
- Published
- 2014
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