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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Data Science
  • Engineering

Background:

  • Traffic tunnels are significant sources of air pollution.
  • Accurate forecasting of air pollutants like CO, NOx, and NMHC is crucial for public health and tunnel management.
  • Existing forecasting models, such as the Grey Model (GM), have limitations in accuracy and handling data anomalies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a Modified Grey Model (MGM) for improved short-term air pollution forecasting in a traffic tunnel.
  • To compare the forecasting accuracy of MGM against the traditional Grey Model (GM) and a combination model.
  • To assess the capability of MGM in addressing data jump issues inherent in the GM.

Main Methods:

  • The study employed three forecasting models: Grey Model (GM), a combination model (GM(1,1)(4+5)), and the proposed Modified Grey Model (MGM).
  • MGM was developed by integrating four data points of the original sequence with the GM(1,1) for short-term predictions.
  • Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) was used as the primary metric to evaluate the accuracy of each model.

Main Results:

  • The MGM demonstrated superior forecasting accuracy compared to GM and the combination model across different pollutant types (CO, NOx, NMHC) and tunnel locations (Upwind, Middle, Downwind).
  • MGM achieved significantly lower MAPE values, indicating reduced overall forecasting error.
  • Specific MAPE values for MGM forecasts over 3 hours ranged from 4.56% to 11.67%, with notable improvements in accuracy for NOx and NMHC.

Conclusions:

  • The Modified Grey Model (MGM) is a simple, efficient, and accurate tool for forecasting air pollution in traffic tunnel environments.
  • MGM effectively enhances prediction accuracy and overcomes the limitations of the traditional Grey Model (GM), particularly in handling jump data.
  • The findings support the use of MGM for reliable short-term air quality management in the Kaohsiung Chung-Cheng Tunnel and similar settings.