Exploring bias in traffic data aggregation resulting from transition of traffic states

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2443, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-87

  Son, Sanghoon ^a   Cetin, Mecit ^b   Khattak, Asad ^c  

^a Jeju Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AGGREGATION PROCESS; DATA AGGREGATION; STATE TRANSITIONS; TIME INTERVAL; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC STATE; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCHERS; TRAVEL SPEED;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 84938630864     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2443-09     Document Type: Review

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