Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method

This paper discusses a neural network development approach based on an exponential smoothing method which aims at enhancing previously used neural networks for traffic flow forecasting. The approach uses the exponential smoothing method to pre-process traffic flow data before implementing on neural...

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Main Authors: Chan, Kit Yan, Singh, Jaipal, Dillon, Tharam, Chang, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Zhengguo Li
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10727
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author Chan, Kit Yan
Singh, Jaipal
Dillon, Tharam
Chang, Elizabeth
author2 Zhengguo Li
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Chan, Kit Yan
Singh, Jaipal
Dillon, Tharam
Chang, Elizabeth
author_sort Chan, Kit Yan
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description This paper discusses a neural network development approach based on an exponential smoothing method which aims at enhancing previously used neural networks for traffic flow forecasting. The approach uses the exponential smoothing method to pre-process traffic flow data before implementing on neural networks for training purpose. The pre-processed traffic flow data, which is lesser non-smooth, discontinuous and lumpy than the original traffic flow data, is more suitable to use for neural network training. This neural network development approach was evaluated by forecasting real-time traffic conditions on a section of the freeway in Western Australia. Regarding training errors which indicate capability in fitting traffic flow data, the neural network models developed by the proposed approach was capable to achieve more than 20% of the rate of improvement relative to the neural network developed based on the original traffic flow data. Regarding testing errors which indicate generalization capability for traffic flow forecasting, the neural network models developed by the proposed approach was capable in achieving more than 8% of the rate of improvement relative to the neural networks developed based on the original traffic flow data.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-107272017-09-13T16:07:07Z Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method Chan, Kit Yan Singh, Jaipal Dillon, Tharam Chang, Elizabeth Zhengguo Li exponential smoothing neural network traffic flow forecasting This paper discusses a neural network development approach based on an exponential smoothing method which aims at enhancing previously used neural networks for traffic flow forecasting. The approach uses the exponential smoothing method to pre-process traffic flow data before implementing on neural networks for training purpose. The pre-processed traffic flow data, which is lesser non-smooth, discontinuous and lumpy than the original traffic flow data, is more suitable to use for neural network training. This neural network development approach was evaluated by forecasting real-time traffic conditions on a section of the freeway in Western Australia. Regarding training errors which indicate capability in fitting traffic flow data, the neural network models developed by the proposed approach was capable to achieve more than 20% of the rate of improvement relative to the neural network developed based on the original traffic flow data. Regarding testing errors which indicate generalization capability for traffic flow forecasting, the neural network models developed by the proposed approach was capable in achieving more than 8% of the rate of improvement relative to the neural networks developed based on the original traffic flow data. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10727 10.1109/ICIEA.2011.5975612 IEEE restricted
spellingShingle exponential smoothing
neural network
traffic flow forecasting
Chan, Kit Yan
Singh, Jaipal
Dillon, Tharam
Chang, Elizabeth
Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
title Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
title_full Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
title_fullStr Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
title_full_unstemmed Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
title_short Traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
title_sort traffic flow forecasting neural networks based on exponential smoothing method
topic exponential smoothing
neural network
traffic flow forecasting
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10727