Using survival models to estimate bus travel times and associated uncertainties

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 366-382

  Yu, Zhengyao ^a   Wood, Jonathan S ^b   Gayah, Vikash V ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time survival models; Bus travel time prediction; Bus travel time reliability; Real time transit information systems

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; FORECASTING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BUS TRAVEL TIME PREDICTIONS; BUS TRAVELS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SURVIVAL MODEL; TRANSIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

TRAVEL TIME;

BUS TRANSPORT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODELING; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85008616059     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2016.11.013     Document Type: Article

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