Skip to main content

The Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction Based on MapReduce

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 682))

Abstract

Short-term traffic volume forecasting represents a critical need for Intelligent Transportation Systems. In this paper, we propose an improved K-Nearest Neighbor model, named I-KNN, in a general MapReduce framework of distributed modeling on a Hadoop platform, to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of short-term traffic flow forecasting. More specifically, I-KNN considers the spatial–temporal correlation and weight of traffic flow with trend adjustment features, to optimize the search mechanisms containing state vector, proximity measure, prediction function, and K selection. The results of the performance testing conducted in this paper demonstrates the superior predictive accuracy and drastically lower computational requirements of the I-KNN compared to either the neural network or the nearest neighbor approach. And also significantly improves the efficiency and scalability of short-term traffic flow forecasting over existing approaches.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Zhang, L., Wei, H., et al.: An improved k-nearest neighbor model for short-term traffic flow prediction. In: Intelligent and Integrated Sustainable Multimodal Transportation Systems Proceedings from the 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2013), Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 96, pp. 653–662 (2013)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Marx, V.: The big challenges of big data. Nature 498(7453), 255–260 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Zhang, J., Wang, F., Wang, K., Lin, W., Xu, X., Chen, C.: Data-driven intelligent transportation systems: a survey. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst. 12(4), 1624–1639 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Wang, Y., Papageorgiou, M., Messmer, A.: A real-time freeway network traffic surveillance tool. IEEE Trans. Control Syst. Technol. 14(1), 18–32 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Lv, Y., Duan, Y., Kang, W., Li, Z., Wang, F.-Y.: Traffic flow prediction with big data: a deep learning approach. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst. 16(2), 865–873 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Zhang, Y.: Special issue on short-term traffic flow forecasting. Transp. Res. Part C: Emerg. Technol. 43, 1–2 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Chandra, S., Al-Deek, H.: Predictions of freeway traffic speeds and volumes using vector autoregressive models. J. Intell. Transp. Syst. 13(2), 53–72 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Schof, M., Helbing, D.: Empirical features of congested traffic states and their implications for traffic modeling. Transp. Sci. 41(2), 135–166 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Jeong, Y.S., Byon, Y.J., Castro-Neto, M.M., Easa, S.M.: Supervised weighting-online learning algorithm for short-term traffic flow prediction. IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst. 14(4), 1700–1707 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The work is supported in part by Department of Education of Guangdong Province under Grant 2015KQNCX193.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Suping Liu .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

About this paper

Cite this paper

Liu, S., Zhang, D. (2016). The Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction Based on MapReduce. In: Gong, M., Pan, L., Song, T., Zhang, G. (eds) Bio-inspired Computing – Theories and Applications. BIC-TA 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 682. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3614-9_55

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3614-9_55

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore

  • Print ISBN: 978-981-10-3613-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-981-10-3614-9

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics