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dc.contributor.authorChan, Kit
dc.contributor.authorKhadem, Saghar
dc.contributor.authorDillon, Tharam
dc.contributor.authorPalade, Vasile
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Jaipal
dc.contributor.authorChang, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:25:35Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:25:35Z
dc.date.created2013-02-18T20:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationChan, K.Y. and Khadem, S. and Dillon, Tharam S. and Palade, V. and Singh, J. and Chang, E. 2012. Selection of significant on-road sensor data for short-term traffic flow forecasting using the Taguchi method. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 8 (2): pp. 255-266.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21506
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/TII.2011.2179052
dc.description.abstract

Over the past two decades, neural networks have been applied to develop short-term traffic flow predictors. The past traffic flow data, captured by on-road sensors, is used as input patterns of neural networks to forecast future traffic flow conditions. The amount of input patterns captured by the on-road sensors is usually huge, but not all input patterns are useful when trying to predict the future traffic flow. The inclusion of useless input patterns is not effective to developing neural network models. Therefore, the selection of appropriate input patterns, which are significant for short-term traffic flow forecasting, is essential. This can be conducted by setting an appropriate configuration of input nodes of the neural network; however, this is usually conducted by trial and error. In this paper, the Taguchi method, which is a robust and systematic optimization approach for designing reliable and high-quality models, is proposed for the purpose of determining an appropriate neural network configuration, in terms of input nodes, in order to capture useful input patterns for traffic flow forecasting. The effectiveness of the Taguchi method is demonstrated by a case study, which aims to develop a short-term traffic flow predictor based on past traffic flow data captured by on-road sensors located on a Western Australia freeway. Three advantages of using the Taguchi method were demonstrated: 1) short-term traffic flow predictors with high accuracy can be designed; 2) the development time for short-term traffic flow predictors is reasonable; and 3) the accuracy of short-term traffic flow predictors is robust with respect to the initial settings of the neural network parameters during the learning phase.

dc.publisherIEEE
dc.subjectneural network configuration
dc.subjectTaguchi method
dc.subjecttraffic flow forecasting
dc.subjectInput patterns
dc.subjectneural networks
dc.subjectsensor data
dc.titleSelection of Significant On-Road Sensor Data for Short-Term Traffic Flow Forecasting Using the Taguchi Method
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume8
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage255
dcterms.source.endPage266
dcterms.source.issn15513203
dcterms.source.titleIEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
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