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When a latent shoeprint is discovered at a crime scene, forensic analysts inspect it for distinctive patterns of wear such as scratches and holes (known as accidentals) on the source shoe's sole. If its accidentals correspond to those of a…

Applications · Statistics 2020-02-28 Neil A. Spencer , Jared S. Murray

Model-based approaches bear great promise for decision making of agents interacting with the physical world. In the context of spatial environments, different types of problems such as localisation, mapping, navigation or autonomous…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-06-21 Atanas Mirchev , Baris Kayalibay , Maximilian Soelch , Patrick van der Smagt , Justin Bayer

With rapidly increasing of the land development density along suburban arterials, much more irregular signal spacing appeared on suburban arterials, and high access density is commonly observed on suburban arterials. These issues tend to…

Applications · Statistics 2018-05-23 Jinghui Yuan , Xuesong Wang

This paper deals with a Boltzmann-type kinetic model describing the interplay between vehicle dynamics and safety aspects in vehicular traffic. Sticking to the idea that the macroscopic characteristics of traffic flow, including the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-01-12 Paolo Freguglia , Andrea Tosin

Highway traffic crashes exert a considerable impact on both transportation systems and the economy. In this context, accurate and dependable emergency responses are crucial for effective traffic management. However, the influence of crashes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Shuang Li , Ziyuan Pu , Zhiyong Cui , Seunghyeon Lee , Xiucheng Guo , Dong Ngoduy

Real-time safety analysis has become a hot research topic as it can reveal the relationship between real-time traffic characteristics and crash occurrence more accurately, and these results could be applied to improve active traffic…

Applications · Statistics 2018-05-22 Jinghui Yuan , Mohamed Abdel-Aty , Ling Wang , Jaeyoung Lee , Xuesong Wang , Rongjie Yu

A most important aspect in the field of traffic modeling is the simulation of bottleneck situations. For their realistic description a macroscopic multi-lane model for uni-directional freeways including acceleration, deceleration, velocity…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dirk Helbing

Analyses of urban scaling laws assume that observations in different cities are independent of the existence of nearby cities. Here we introduce generative models and data-analysis methods that overcome this limitation by modelling…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-01-21 Eduardo G. Altmann

A random intersection graph is constructed by assigning independently to each vertex a subset of a given set and drawing an edge between two vertices if and only if their respective subsets intersect. In this paper a model is developed in…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-09-24 Maria Deijfen , Willemien Kets

Standard linear modeling approaches make potentially simplistic assumptions regarding the structure of categorical effects that may obfuscate more complex relationships governing data. For example, recent work focused on the two-way…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-03-05 Thomas A. Metzger , Christopher T. Franck

We introduce microscopic and macroscopic stochastic traffic models including traffic accidents. The microscopic model is based on a Follow-the-Leader approach whereas the macroscopic model is described by a scalar conservation law with…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-11-19 Simone Göttlich , Thomas Schillinger

Road safety is impacted by a range of factors that can be categorized into human, vehicle, and roadway/environmental elements. This research explores the connection between pavement performance and road safety, particularly in relation to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-07-01 Prathyush Kumar Reddy Lebaku , Lu Gao , Jingran Sun , Xingju Wang , Xuejian Kang

Recognizing a traffic accident is an essential part of any autonomous driving or road monitoring system. An accident can appear in a wide variety of forms, and understanding what type of accident is taking place may be useful to prevent it…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Aaron Lohner , Francesco Compagno , Jonathan Francis , Alessandro Oltramari

Traffic congestion at intersections is a significant issue in urban areas, leading to increased commute times, safety hazards, and operational inefficiencies. This study aims to develop a predictive model for congestion at intersections in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Tara Kelly , Jessica Gupta

Although intersections are the most complex parts of the roadway network, pedestrian crashes at non-intersection locations are disproportionately frequent, highlighting a serious traffic safety concern. This study investigates…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-01 Ahmed Hossain , Xiaoduan Sun , Subasish Das

This study examines the feasibility of applying large language models (LLMs) for forecasting the impact of traffic incidents on the traffic flow. The use of LLMs for this task has several advantages over existing machine learning-based…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-08 George Jagadeesh , Srikrishna Iyer , Michal Polanowski , Kai Xin Thia

Based on game theory and dynamic Level-k model, this paper establishes an intelligent traffic control method for intersections, studies the influence of multi-agent vehicle joint decision-making and group behavior disturbance on system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-08 Huisheng Wang , Yuejiang Li , H. Vicky Zhao

Statistical models for landslide hazard enable mapping of risk factors and landslide occurrence intensity by using geomorphological covariates available at high spatial resolution. However, the spatial distribution of the triggering event…

Methodology · Statistics 2020-06-16 Thomas Opitz , Haakon Bakka , Raphaël Huser , Luigi Lombardo

This paper presents a technique that combines the occurrence of certain events, as observed by different sensors, in order to detect and classify objects. This technique explores the extent of dependence between features being observed by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-02 Siddharth Roheda , Hamid Krim , Zhi-Quan Luo , Tianfu Wu

Accurately modeling crash severity on rural two-lane roads is essential for effective safety management, yet standard single level approaches often overlook unobserved heterogeneity across road segments. In this study, we analyze 19 956…