Using wavelet transforms for better interpretation of traffic simulation
Traffic Engineering and Control, vol.50, no.10, pp.450-453, 2009 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 50 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2009
- Journal Name: Traffic Engineering and Control
- Journal Indexes: Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.450-453
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Simulation modelling is used by traffic engineers to measure various characteristics of roads and traffic. In this study, wavelet analysis methods were applied to a simple traffic engineering problem. An imaginary network was constructed using a microsimulation tool and four arbitrarily chosen links were made one-way streets one-by-one in both directions. Synthetic data were then generated for these 16 different scenarios. The best directions of traffic for each of these four links to give minimum average delay over the network were studied. In order to ease congestion on this network, continuous wavelet transform was applied. Results indicate that the proposed method offers a more flexible analysis of similarities of traffic conditions demonstrating the opportunities that wavelets could lead to a better understanding of similar problems in traffic engineering.