Document Type

Report

Publication Date

3-2013

Subjects

Freight transportation, Freight transportation -- Mathematical models

Abstract

Freight transportation is an important part of Oregon’s economy, and the Oregon Department of Transportation, or ODOT, continually observes the highway system to make sure it is running as smoothly as possible. By monitoring the progress of individual trucks, ODOT can obtain performance metrics such as travel time, travel delays, and origin-destination flows. This information can help identify slow passages or bottlenecks in the highway system. Typical ways of obtaining these metrics, however, may involve purchasing expensive equipment, and may also raise privacy concerns if each truck is required to carry a tracking unit. To avoid these difficulties, Portland State University researcher Chris Monsere explored a simpler way to get freight performance measures using a probabilistic approach.

Description

This is a summary of TREC research project: OTREC-RR-12-04, which can be found here: http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/327

The final research report can be found here:

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11489

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16962

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