Comparison of two non-parametric models for daily traffic forecasting in Hong Kong

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-192

  Lam, William H K ^a   Tang, Y F ^a   Tam, Mei Lam ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Annual average daily traffic (AADT); Gaussian maximum likelihood (GML); Non parametric regression (NPR); Short term daily traffic forecasting

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (AADT); GAUSSIAN MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (GML); NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION (NPR); SHORT-TERM DAILY TRAFFIC FORECASTING;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33646421626     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: 1099131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.984     Document Type: Article

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