Highway traffic monitoring and data quality

This unique resource gives you a hands-on understanding of the latest sensors, processors, and communication links for everything from vehicle counts to urban congestion measurement. Moreover, you learn statistical techniques for quantifying data accuracy and reducing uncertainty in both current sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Dalgleish, Michael
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston : Artech House, ©2008.
SeriesArtech House ITS library.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1580537162
9781580537162
9781523117307
1523117303
9781580537155
1580537154
Physical Description1 online resource (xxv, 233 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Applications of traffic data
  • Statistical essentials
  • Errors in traffic data
  • Accuracy assessments
  • Collecting data in groups
  • Availability and reliability
  • Sampling
  • Validation and verification
  • Traffic monitoring technologies
  • Detector occupancy
  • Speed
  • Length
  • Vehicle classification
  • Vehicle weight
  • Data from individual vehicles
  • Journey time systems
  • Data storage, data quality, and data standards
  • Practical considerations and tips.