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Statistical Physics Algorithms for Traffic Reconstruction

Arnaud De La Fortelle, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Cyril Furtlehner

math.PRarXiv:math/0611757

Abstract

Concepts and techniques from statistical physics inspired a new method for traffic prediction. This method is particularly suitable in settings where the only information available is floating car data. We propose a system, based on the Ising model of statistical physics, which both reconstructs and predicts the traffic in real time using a message-passing algorithm.

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