IMPROVED FREEWAY INCIDENT DETECTION ALGORITHMS

This article presents the results of a study on the development of improved incident detection algorithms for freeway surveillance systems. A total of 10 algorithms were defined, calibrated, tested, and evaluated. False alarm levels previously experienced with incident detection algorithms have been significantly reduced as a result of this new research. New algoirithm results are also presented relative to sensor configuration, geometric anomalies, and weather considerations.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tignor, S C
  • Payne, H J
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 32-40
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Automatic incident detection; Detectors; Freeways; Highway engineering; Highway traffic control; Incident detection; Marshes; Mathematical models; Testing; Traffic control; Traffic crashes; Traffic incidents; Traffic surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Detecting devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165191
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM