Freeway incident detection through filtering.

Authors :: Stephanedes, Yorgos J.
Chassiakos, Athanassios P.
Source :: Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Sep93, Vol. 1 Issue 3, p219. 15p. 3 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 7 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 1993
Abstract: Reviews the structure and performance of existing freeway incident detection methods. Proposal of the filtering method to reduce the likelihood of false incident decisions occurring during short duration traffic disturbances; Temporal smoothing of detector occupancies; Testing of proposed algorithm and a set of existing algorithms with traffic and incident data.