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Autores principales: Patil, Mayur, Ahmed, Qadeer, Midlam-Mohler, Shawn, Marik, Stephanie, Sheldon, Allen, Chhajer, Rajeev, Santhanam, Nithin
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16857
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author Patil, Mayur
Ahmed, Qadeer
Midlam-Mohler, Shawn
Marik, Stephanie
Sheldon, Allen
Chhajer, Rajeev
Santhanam, Nithin
author_facet Patil, Mayur
Ahmed, Qadeer
Midlam-Mohler, Shawn
Marik, Stephanie
Sheldon, Allen
Chhajer, Rajeev
Santhanam, Nithin
contents Reliable multi-horizon traffic forecasting is challenging because network conditions are stochastic, incident disruptions are intermittent, and effective spatial dependencies vary across time-of-day patterns. This study is conducted on the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) traffic count data and corresponding ODOT crash records. This work utilizes a Spatio-Temporal Transformer (STT) model with Adaptive Conformal Prediction (ACP) to produce multi-horizon forecasts with calibrated uncertainty. We propose a piecewise Coefficient of Variation (CV) strategy that models hour-to-hour traveltime variability using a log-normal distribution, enabling the construction of a per-hour dynamic adjacency matrix. We further perturb edge weights using incident-related severity signals derived from the ODOT crash dataset that comprises incident clearance time, weather conditions, speed violations, work zones, and roadway functional class, to capture localized disruptions and peak/off-peak transitions. This dynamic graph construction replaces a fixed-CV assumption and better represents changing traffic conditions within the forecast window. For validation, we generate extended trips via multi-hour loop runs on the Columbus, Ohio, network in SUMO simulations and apply a Monte Carlo simulation to obtain travel-time distributions for a Vehicle Under Test (VUT). Experiments demonstrate improved long-horizon accuracy and well-calibrated prediction intervals compared to other baseline methods.
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spellingShingle Long-Horizon Traffic Forecasting via Incident-Aware Conformal Spatio-Temporal Transformers
Patil, Mayur
Ahmed, Qadeer
Midlam-Mohler, Shawn
Marik, Stephanie
Sheldon, Allen
Chhajer, Rajeev
Santhanam, Nithin
Machine Learning
Reliable multi-horizon traffic forecasting is challenging because network conditions are stochastic, incident disruptions are intermittent, and effective spatial dependencies vary across time-of-day patterns. This study is conducted on the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) traffic count data and corresponding ODOT crash records. This work utilizes a Spatio-Temporal Transformer (STT) model with Adaptive Conformal Prediction (ACP) to produce multi-horizon forecasts with calibrated uncertainty. We propose a piecewise Coefficient of Variation (CV) strategy that models hour-to-hour traveltime variability using a log-normal distribution, enabling the construction of a per-hour dynamic adjacency matrix. We further perturb edge weights using incident-related severity signals derived from the ODOT crash dataset that comprises incident clearance time, weather conditions, speed violations, work zones, and roadway functional class, to capture localized disruptions and peak/off-peak transitions. This dynamic graph construction replaces a fixed-CV assumption and better represents changing traffic conditions within the forecast window. For validation, we generate extended trips via multi-hour loop runs on the Columbus, Ohio, network in SUMO simulations and apply a Monte Carlo simulation to obtain travel-time distributions for a Vehicle Under Test (VUT). Experiments demonstrate improved long-horizon accuracy and well-calibrated prediction intervals compared to other baseline methods.
title Long-Horizon Traffic Forecasting via Incident-Aware Conformal Spatio-Temporal Transformers
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16857