Application Of Genetic Programming To Motorway Traffic Modelling

This paper describes two innovative projects that the investigators are undertaking for the Highways Agency network operator. Both projects use genetic programming to develop traffic management systems. The first project addresses the reliable prediction of motorway journey times for high-flow low-speed conditions, i.e. congested periods. The second project concerns the detection of motorway incidents in low-low high-speed conditions, i.e. late at night. Genetic programming manipulates traffic readings from the Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signaling system to arrive at solutions to both real world problems.