Long-Range Dependence of Traffic Flow and Speed of a Motorway: Dynamics and Correlation with Historical Incidents

Author(s):  
Sai Chand ◽  
Gregory Aouad ◽  
Vinayak V. Dixit

Speed and flow of vehicles tend to have several effects on the dynamics of a transport system. Fluctuations of these variables can implicate congestion, can lower predictability, and may even catalyze crashes. A concept of fractal theory called the Hurst exponent—a measure of the long-range dependence (LRD) of a time series—was used to understand the fluctuations in flow and speed of a motorway in Sydney, Australia. The spatial and temporal variation of the LRD for flow ( Hflow) and speed ( Hspeed) at several monitor sites is discussed. Furthermore, the effects of number of lanes on flow and speed predictability are explored. It was observed that the flow predictability of two-lane sections was significantly lower when compared with three-lane and four-lane sections. Conversely, the speed predictability of four-lane sections was considerably higher than that of two-lane and three-lane sections. Finally, traffic congestion was defined with regard to the LRD of speed, and its correlation with historical incident rates was measured. It was ascertained that monitor sites with a historically high proportion of large Hspeed were correlated with unsafe locations. This study could lead to many applications of fractal analysis on highways and urban traffic.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Gerardo Benavides-Bravo ◽  
F-Javier Almaguer ◽  
Roberto Soto-Villalobos ◽  
Víctor Tercero-Gómez ◽  
Javier Morales-Castillo

An important topic in the study of the time series behavior and, in particular, meteorological time series is the long-range dependence. This paper explores the behavior of rainfall variations in different periods, using long-range correlations analysis. Semivariograms and Hurst exponent were applied to historical data in different pluviometric stations of the Río Bravo-San Juan watershed, at the hydrographic RH-24 Mexico region. The database was provided by the Water National Commission (CONAGUA). Using the semivariograms, the Hurst exponent was obtained and used as an input to perform a cluster analysis of rainfall stations. Groups of homogeneous samples that might be useful in a regional frequency analysis were obtained through the process.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginno Millán

This paper studies and analyses the behavior of the Long-Range Dependence in network traffic after classifying traffic flows in aggregated time series. Following Differentiated Services architecture principles, the generic Quality of Service applications that requirements and use the transport control protocol, a basic classification criterion of time series is established. Using the fractal theory, the resulting time series are analyzed. The Hurst exponent is estimated and used as a measure of traffic burstiness and Long-Range Dependency in each traffic class. The traffic volume per class is also measured. The study uses traffic traces collected at the core switch at the Electric Engineering Department at Universidad de Santiago de Chile in different periods of network activity.


2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-452
Author(s):  
Timotej Jagric ◽  
Sebastjan Strasek

A wavelet analysis of long-range dependence based on the Hurst exponent is presented in this paper. Numerical comparisons are made against traditional estimators of the exponent based on R/S analysis. The estimator is used to perform an analysis of the long-range dependence in the capital market of a small transition economy (Slovenia). Results of the study suggest that the efficient market hypothesis may not hold for the observed capital market. Furthermore, results also suggest that the estimation of the exponent is sensitive to the frequencies of the data employed and to the sample period. Additionally, the format of the time series has an important impact on the results.


Author(s):  
Jan Beran ◽  
Britta Steffens ◽  
Sucharita Ghosh

AbstractWe consider nonparametric regression for bivariate circular time series with long-range dependence. Asymptotic results for circular Nadaraya–Watson estimators are derived. Due to long-range dependence, a range of asymptotically optimal bandwidths can be found where the asymptotic rate of convergence does not depend on the bandwidth. The result can be used for obtaining simple confidence bands for the regression function. The method is illustrated by an application to wind direction data.


Entropy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Li ◽  
Steven Liang ◽  
Jianguo Yang ◽  
Beizhi Li

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginno Millan ◽  
manuel vargas ◽  
Guillermo Fuertes

Fractal behavior and long-range dependence are widely observed in measurements and characterization of traffic flow in high-speed computer networks of different technologies and coverage levels. This paper presents the results obtained when applying fractal analysis techniques on a time series obtained from traffic captures coming from an application server connected to the internet through a high-speed link. The results obtained show that traffic flow in the dedicated high-speed network link exhibited fractal behavior since the Hurst exponent was in the range of 0.5, 1, the fractal dimension between 1, 1.5, and the correlation coefficient between -0.5, 0. Based on these results, it is ideal to characterize both the singularities of the fractal traffic and its impulsiveness during a fractal analysis of temporal scales. Finally, based on the results of the time series analyzes, the fact that the traffic flows of current computer networks exhibited fractal behavior with a long-range dependence was reaffirmed.


Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1157
Author(s):  
Faheem Aslam ◽  
Saima Latif ◽  
Paulo Ferreira

The use of multifractal approaches has been growing because of the capacity of these tools to analyze complex properties and possible nonlinear structures such as those in financial time series. This paper analyzes the presence of long-range dependence and multifractal parameters in the stock indices of nine MSCI emerging Asian economies. Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA) is used, with prior application of the Seasonal and Trend Decomposition using the Loess (STL) method for more reliable results, as STL separates different components of the time series and removes seasonal oscillations. We find a varying degree of multifractality in all the markets considered, implying that they exhibit long-range correlations, which could be related to verification of the fractal market hypothesis. The evidence of multifractality reveals symmetry in the variation trends of the multifractal spectrum parameters of financial time series, which could be useful to develop portfolio management. Based on the degree of multifractality, the Chinese and South Korean markets exhibit the least long-range dependence, followed by Pakistan, Indonesia, and Thailand. On the contrary, the Indian and Malaysian stock markets are found to have the highest level of dependence. This evidence could be related to possible market inefficiencies, implying the possibility of institutional investors using active trading strategies in order to make their portfolios more profitable.


1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1415-1439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Moulines ◽  
Philippe Soulier

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (S340) ◽  
pp. 47-48
Author(s):  
V. Vipindas ◽  
Sumesh Gopinath ◽  
T. E. Girish

AbstractSolar Energetic Particles (SEPs) are high-energy particles ejected by the Sun which consist of protons, electrons and heavy ions having energies in the range of a few tens of keVs to several GeVs. The statistical features of the solar energetic particles (SEPs) during different periods of solar cycles are highly variable. In the present study we try to quantify the long-range dependence (or long-memory) of the solar energetic particles during different periods of solar cycle (SC) 23 and 24. For stochastic processes, long-range dependence or self-similarity is usually quantified by the Hurst exponent. We compare the Hurst exponent of SEP proton fluxes having energies (>1MeV to >100 MeV) for different periods, which include both solar maximum and minimum years, in order to find whether SC-dependent self-similarity exist for SEP flux.


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