Validation of WAIMSS Incident Duration Estimation Model

Authors

Wei Wu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityFollow
Pushkin Kachroo, University of Nevada,Las VegasFollow
Kaan Ozbay, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/PiscatawayFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

10-1998

Publication Title

1998 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Volume

4

First page number:

3234

Last page number:

3239

Abstract

This paper presents an effort to validate the traffic incident duration estimation model of WAIMSS (wide area incident management support system). Duration estimation model of WAIMSS predicts the incident duration based on an estimation tree which was calibrated using incident data collected in Northern Virginia. Due to the limited sample size, a full scale test of the distribution, mean and variance of incident duration was performed only for the root node of the estimation tree, white only mean tests were executed at all other nodes whenever a data subset was available. Further studies were also conducted on the model error and tree structure issues especially related to complex incidents. The statistical analyses in general, strongly supported WAIMSS estimations of incident duration distribution, mean and variance. The error analysis provided encouraging results based on the distribution of estimation errors and estimation error percentages. A major structural deficiency of the current model was also revealed.

Keywords

Time; Traffic accident investigation; Traffic accidents; Traffic engineering

Disciplines

Applied Mathematics | Controls and Control Theory | Databases and Information Systems | Systems and Communications | Transportation | Urban Studies and Planning

Language

English

Permissions

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Publisher Citation

Wu, Wei, Pushkin Kachroo, and Kaan Ozbay. "Validation of WAIMSS incident duration estimation model." In Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on, vol. 4, pp. 3234-3239. IEEE, 1998.

Repository Citation

Wu, W., Kachroo, P., Ozbay, K. (1998). Validation of WAIMSS Incident Duration Estimation Model. 1998 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 4 3234-3239. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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