A random forest incident detection algorithm that incorporates contexts
A random forest incident detection algorithm that incorporates contexts
A major problem faced by state of the art incident detection algorithms is their high false alert rates, which are caused in part by failing to differentiate incidents from contexts. Contexts are referred to as external factors that could be expected to influence traffic conditions, such as sporting events, public holidays and weather conditions. This paper presents RoadCast Incident Detection (RCID), an algorithm that aims to make this differentiation by gaining a better understanding of conditions that could be expected during contexts’ disruption. RCID is based on a previously developed random forest traffic forecasting algorithm, RoadCast, which uses contextual data to create forecasts of traffic conditions that could be expected if no incident occurred. RCID compares these forecasts with real-time conditions, and raises alerts when there is a sufficient difference. RCID was evaluated on loop detector flow data and city council incident logs from Southampton, U.K. Comparisons were made with and without context, and to a state of the art algorithm, RAID. RCID was found to outperform RAID in terms of detection rate and false alert rate. RCID was also found to have a 25% lower false alert rate when incorporating contextual data. This improvement suggests that if RCID were to be implemented in a Traffic Management Centre, operators would be distracted by far fewer false alerts from contexts than is currently the case with state of the art algorithms, and so could detect incidents more effectively.
Random forest, Traffic flow prediction, Big data, Machine Learning, Context
Evans, Jonny, Rhys Alexander
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Waterson, Ben
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Hamilton, Andrew
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26 May 2019
Evans, Jonny, Rhys Alexander
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Waterson, Ben
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Hamilton, Andrew
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Evans, Jonny, Rhys Alexander, Waterson, Ben and Hamilton, Andrew
(2019)
A random forest incident detection algorithm that incorporates contexts.
15th World Conference on Transport Research, Mumbai, India.
26 - 31 May 2019.
14 pp
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Abstract
A major problem faced by state of the art incident detection algorithms is their high false alert rates, which are caused in part by failing to differentiate incidents from contexts. Contexts are referred to as external factors that could be expected to influence traffic conditions, such as sporting events, public holidays and weather conditions. This paper presents RoadCast Incident Detection (RCID), an algorithm that aims to make this differentiation by gaining a better understanding of conditions that could be expected during contexts’ disruption. RCID is based on a previously developed random forest traffic forecasting algorithm, RoadCast, which uses contextual data to create forecasts of traffic conditions that could be expected if no incident occurred. RCID compares these forecasts with real-time conditions, and raises alerts when there is a sufficient difference. RCID was evaluated on loop detector flow data and city council incident logs from Southampton, U.K. Comparisons were made with and without context, and to a state of the art algorithm, RAID. RCID was found to outperform RAID in terms of detection rate and false alert rate. RCID was also found to have a 25% lower false alert rate when incorporating contextual data. This improvement suggests that if RCID were to be implemented in a Traffic Management Centre, operators would be distracted by far fewer false alerts from contexts than is currently the case with state of the art algorithms, and so could detect incidents more effectively.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 November 2018
Published date: 26 May 2019
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15th World Conference on Transport Research, Mumbai, India, 2019-05-26 - 2019-05-31
Keywords:
Random forest, Traffic flow prediction, Big data, Machine Learning, Context
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Local EPrints ID: 426475
URI: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/426475
PURE UUID: 08668d78-6026-4ae1-96b0-78edc9c5f5f7
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Date deposited: 28 Nov 2018 17:30
Last modified: 10 Sep 2019 00:50
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Andrew Hamilton
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