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Area of Science:

  • Transportation Engineering
  • Network Analysis
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Adequate traffic information requires high sensor density, which is often limited by budget constraints for traffic management agencies.
  • Existing sensor placement strategies may not account for varying sensor information credibility across a network.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop models for optimizing traffic sensor locations considering varying information credibility and budget limitations.
  • To formulate relationships between network benefit, sensor number, and sensor credibility functions.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a maximum benefit model and a simplified version to address the traffic sensor location problem.
  • Developed sensor information credibility functions to represent different spatial distributions.
  • Derived analytic formulations for optimal sensor locations, number, and spacing.

Main Results:

  • The study successfully calculated the optimal number of sensors for freeway network segments with varying parameters.
  • Analytic formulations for optimal sensor locations were derived.
  • Demonstrated the validity and availability of the proposed models through a numerical example.

Conclusions:

  • Optimal sensor spacing is independent of end restrictions but influenced by sensor and road physical conditions.
  • The proposed models enable calculation of optimal sensor numbers and spacing for efficient traffic monitoring under budget constraints.