Summary of Traffic Prediction Considering Multiple Levels Of Spatial-temporal Information: a Multi-scale Graph Wavelet-based Approach, by Zilin Bian et al.
Traffic Prediction considering Multiple Levels of Spatial-temporal Information: A Multi-scale Graph Wavelet-based Approach
by Zilin Bian, Jingqin Gao, Kaan Ozbay, Zhenning Li
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed multi-scale graph wavelet temporal convolution network (MSGWTCN) aims to predict traffic states in complex transportation networks with varying road types. The MSGWTCN combines a multi-scale spatial block with gated temporal convolutional networks, allowing it to capture both spatial and temporal dependencies. Two real-world datasets, including a highway network in Seattle and a dense road network in Manhattan, are used to evaluate the model’s performance. The results show that the proposed method outperforms baseline models, with different scales of graph wavelets effectively extracting local, intermediate, and global information. By customizing wavelet scales, the model can adapt to various network configurations and improve prediction performance. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper develops a new way to predict traffic states in complex transportation networks. The goal is to understand how cars move on roads with different types. To do this, researchers created a special computer program called MSGWTCN. This program uses information about where cars are moving (spatial) and when they’re moving (temporal). Two real-world places were used to test the program: Seattle’s highway network and Manhattan’s dense road network. The results show that the new program works better than other methods. |
