Mobile sensors as traffic probes: Addressing transportation modeling and privacy protection in an integrated framework

Proceedings of the Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS

Volumn 383, Issue , 2010, Pages 750-767

  Ban, Xuegang ^a   Gruteser, Marco ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial performance measurement; GPS cellular phones; Location privacy; Mobile traffic sensors; OD estimation; Privacy protection; Traffic modeling; Transportation modeling; Virtual trip lines

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHONE; LOCATION PRIVACY; MOBILE TRAFFIC; OD ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PRIVACY PROTECTION; TRAFFIC MODELING; TRANSPORTATION MODELING; VIRTUAL TRIP LINES;

DATA PRIVACY; DATA PROCESSING; MOBILE PHONES; SENSORS; TELEPHONE SETS;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77958071384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41123(383)72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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