An Evaluation of Existing Incident Detection Algorithms

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• Creators:
  Balke, Kevin N.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Algorithms Data Incident Detection Statistical Analysis Traffic Incidents
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-93/1232-20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim; September 1990 - November 1993
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Several algorithms have been proposed for automatically detecting incidents using freeway detector data. Some are comparative algorithms that compare measured traffic conditions to preestablished thresholds. Other use statistical procedures to detect significant changes in traffic patterns over time. Still others use complex theoretical models to predict future traffic conditions using current traffic measures and historical trends. The structure of an algorithms affects Its performance in terms of detection rate, false alarm rate, and detection time. No single algorithm appears to be superior in terms of Its reported performance, data requirements, ease of implementation, ease of calibration, and operational experience. Using the results from both off-line and on-line evaluations reported in the literature, most algorithms appear to achieve the same level of detection and produce similar false alarm rates, when properly calibrated. Detection times for most algorithms are also similar.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-1232
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:92aa18b1e022cc3ffc4e22246ad674f11f6fdb9b8ff2c0631a6d02080c379c3f935a18d3d8878e23c674f10ff6e443964cac508a8641389f952e722af5b74a29
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