THE OBSERVABILITY PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC MODELS - An Algebraic Step by Step Method

Pilar Jiménez, Santos Sánchez-Cambronero, Inmaculada Gallego, Ana Rivas

2010

Abstract

This article deals with the problem of observability of traffic networks, understanding as such the problem of identifying if a set of available flow measurements is sufficient to estimate the remaining flows in the network, OD-pair or link flows. An algebraic method for solving the observability problems is given. Specifically, a step by step procedure allowing updating the information once each item of information (OD-pair or link flow) becomes available. The method is illustrated by its application to a simple network. The results show that the proposed method provide useful information on which OD pair or link flows are informative on other OD pair and link flows, and that the method is applicable to large networks due to its numerical robustness and stability.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Jiménez P., Sánchez-Cambronero S., Gallego I. and Rivas A. (2010). THE OBSERVABILITY PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC MODELS - An Algebraic Step by Step Method . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-674-021-4, pages 560-567. DOI: 10.5220/0002717805600567

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart10,
author={Pilar Jiménez and Santos Sánchez-Cambronero and Inmaculada Gallego and Ana Rivas},
title={THE OBSERVABILITY PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC MODELS - An Algebraic Step by Step Method},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2010},
pages={560-567},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002717805600567},
isbn={978-989-674-021-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - THE OBSERVABILITY PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC MODELS - An Algebraic Step by Step Method
SN - 978-989-674-021-4
AU - Jiménez P.
AU - Sánchez-Cambronero S.
AU - Gallego I.
AU - Rivas A.
PY - 2010
SP - 560
EP - 567
DO - 10.5220/0002717805600567