Innovative Web Applications for Analyzing Traffic Operations (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)

In response to the need to improve road traffic operation, researchers implement advanced technologies and integration of systems and data, and develop state-of-the-art applications to assist traffic engineers. This SpringerBrief introduces three novel Web applications which can be an exceptional resource and a good visualization tool for traffic operators, managers, and analysts to monitor the congestion, and analyze incidents and signal performance measures. The applications offer more detailed analysis providing users with insights from different levels and perspectives. The benefit of providing these automated and interactive visualization tools is more efficient estimation of the local transport networksℓ́ℓ performance, thus facilitating the decision making process in case of emergency events. In response to the need to improve road traffic operation, researchers implement advanced technologies and integration of systems and data, and develop state-of-the-art applications to assist traffic engineers. This SpringerBrief introduces three novel Web applications which can be an exceptional resource and a good visualization tool for traffic operators, managers, and analysts to monitor the congestion, and analyze incidents and signal performance measures. The applications offer more detailed analysis providing users with insights from different levels and perspectives. The benefit of providing these automated and interactive visualization tools is more efficient estimation of the local transport networksĺl performance, thus facilitating the decision making process in case of emergency events. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-2 Background and Related Work....Pages 3-21 Visualization Tools for Traffic Congestion Estimation....Pages 23-31 Web Application for Incident Analysis....Pages 33-38 Web Application for Measuring Travel-Based Time Signal Performance....Pages 39-46 Conclusion....Pages 47-48 Back Matter....Pages 49-52