Real-time road traffic state prediction based on ARIMA and Kalman filter

The realization of road traffic prediction not only provides real-time and effective information for travelers, but also helps them select the optimal route to reduce travel time. Road traffic prediction offers traffic guidance for travelers and relieves traffic jams. In this paper, a real-time road traffic state prediction based on autoregressive integrated moving average （ARIMA） and the Kalman filter is proposed. First, an ARIMA model of road traffic data in a time series is built on the basis of historical road traffic data. Second, this ARIMA model is combined with the Kalman filter to construct a road traffic state prediction algorithm, which can acquire the state, measurement, and updating equations of the Kalman filter. Third, the optimal parameters of the algorithm are discussed on the basis of historical road traffic data. Finally, four road segments in Beijing are adopted for case studies. Experimental results show that the real-time road traffic state prediction based on ARIMA and the Kalman filter is feasible and can achieve high accuracy.

道路交通流预测不仅可以为出行者提供实时有效的信息,而且可以帮助他们选择最佳路径,减少出行时间,实现道路交通路径诱导,缓解交通拥堵。本文提出了一种基于ARIMA模型和Kalman滤波算法的道路交通流预测方法。首先,基于道路交通历史数据建立时间序列的ARIMA模型。其次,结合ARIMA模型和Kalman滤波法构建道路交通预测算法,获取Kalman滤波的测量方程和更新方程。然后,基于历史道路交通数据进行算法的参数设定。最后,以北京的四条路段作为案例,对所提出的方法进行了分析。实验结果表明,基于ARIMA模型和Kalman滤波的实时道路交通状态预测方法是可行的,并且可以获得很高的精度。