Nonnegative Matrix Factorization to Understand Spatio-Temporal Traffic Pattern Variations During COVID-19: A Case Study

Anandkumar Balasubramaniam, Thirunavukarasu Balasubramaniam, Rathinaraja Jeyaraj, Anand Paul, Richi Nayak

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Abstract

Due to the rapid developments in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and increasing trend in the number of vehicles on road, abundant of road traffic data is generated and available. Understanding spatio-temporal traffic patterns from this data is crucial and has been effectively helping in traffic plannings, road constructions, etc. However, understanding traffic patterns during COVID-19 pandemic is quite challenging and important as there is a huge difference in-terms of people’s and vehicle’s travel behavioural patterns. In this paper, a case study is conducted to understand the variations in spatio-temporal traffic patterns during COVID-19. We apply nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) to elicit patterns. The NMF model outputs are analysed based on the spatio-temporal pattern behaviours observed during the year 2019 and 2020, which is before pandemic and during pandemic situations respectively, in Great Britain. The outputs of the analysed spatio-temporal traffic pattern variation behaviours will be useful in the fields of traffic management in Intelligent Transportation System and management in various stages of pandemic or unavoidable scenarios in-relation to road traffic.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationData Mining - 19th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM, 2021, Proceedings
EditorsYue Xu, Rosalind Wang, Anton Lord, Yee Ling Boo, Richi Nayak, Yanchang Zhao, Graham Williams
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages223-234
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789811685309
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event19th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 14 Dec 202115 Dec 2021

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1504 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference19th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period14/12/2115/12/21

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • NMF
  • Pattern mining
  • Spatio-temporal analysis
  • Traffic pattern

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