Operations Research Transactions ›› 2023, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 27-48.doi: 10.15960/j.cnki.issn.1007-6093.2023.02.002

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Operational research methods for urban traffic flow estimation

Hu SHAO1,*(), Yue ZHUO1, Pengjie LIU1, Feng SHAO1   

  1. 1. School of Mathematics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2022-10-25 Online:2023-06-15 Published:2023-06-13
  • Contact: Hu SHAO E-mail:shaohu@cumt.edu.cn

Abstract:

With the development of the social economy and the progress of human production mode, the traffic management system provides a series of subjects for operations research. The operational research methods are widely applied in the field of traffic network modeling, and they also occupy some important positions in the intelligent traffic management system. To solve the problems existing in the traffic system, we can make full use of various branches of operations research, which can effectively ensure the efficiency and orderliness of transportation in real life. In this paper, we first introduce several solution models for solving traffic flow estimation problems and then review the existing research from seven aspects: linear programming, integer programming, dynamic programming, graph theory, statistical, heuristic approach, and machine learning method. Finally, to provide more references for transportation managers and researchers, we discuss the development directions and related problems for traffic flow estimation models and propose the potential problems that need to be further investigated and solved.

Key words: traffic estimation and prediction, programming theory, graph theory, statistics, machine learning

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