Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART C-EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 21-34Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.11.002
Keywords
Short-term traffic forecasting; k-nearest neighbor model; Spatiotemporal correlation; Gaussian weighted Euclidean distance
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB725404]
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The k-nearest neighbor (KNN) model is an effective statistical model applied in short-term traffic forecasting that can provide reliable data to guide travelers. This study proposes an improved KNN model to enhance forecasting accuracy based on spatiotemporal correlation and to achieve multistep forecasting. The physical distances among road segments are replaced with equivalent distances, which are defined by the static and dynamic data collected from real road networks. The traffic state of a road segment is described by a spatiotemporal state matrix instead of only a time series as in the original KNN model. The nearest neighbors are selected according to the Gaussian weighted Euclidean distance, which adjusts the influences of time and space factors on spatiotemporal state matrices. The forecasting accuracies of the improved INN and of four other models are compared, and experimental results indicate that the improved KNN model is more appropriate for short-term traffic multistep forecasting than the other models are. This study also discusses the application of the improved KNN model in a time-varying traffic state. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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