DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF INCIDENT DETECTION ALGORITHMS, VOLUME 1: SUMMARY OF RESULTS

The development and testing of incident detection algorithms was based on Los Angeles and Minneapolis freeway surveillance data. Algorithms considered were based on times series and pattern recognition techniques. Attention was given to the effects of geometrics, sensor configuration and weather, and methods were developed for detecting malfunctioning sensors and for identifying the lane of an incident. This, the first volume, provides a summary of the methodology developed and used in this study, results obtained and recommendations for implementation. /FHWA/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/31C3502
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This volume is the first of four. The others are: Vol. 2, RD-76-20, Research Methodology and Detailed Results; Vol. 3, RD-76-21, User Guidelines; Vol. 4, RD-76-22, Program Documentation for Evaluation, Calibration and Implementation.
• Corporate Authors:

  Technology Service Corporation

  2811 Wilshire Boulevard
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90403
• Authors:
  • Payne, H J
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Highway design; Pattern recognition systems; Time series; Traffic incidents; Traffic lanes; Vehicle detectors; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144118
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• ISBN: 31C3-502
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-76- 19 Final Rpt., FCP 31C3-502
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8278
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM