Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(2):E74-E86 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.2.E74-E86

Prediction of Vehicular Traffic Flow Using Levenberg-Marquardt Artificial Neural Network Model: Italy Road Transportation System

Isaac Oyeyemi Olayode ORCID...1, *, Alessandro Severino ORCID...2, Tiziana Campisi ORCID...3, Lagouge Kwanda Tartibu ORCID...1
1 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
2 Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
3 Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kore University of Enna, Italy

In the last decades, the Italian road transport system has been characterized by severe and consistent traffic congestion and in particular Rome is one of the Italian cities most affected by this problem. In this study, a Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) artificial neural network heuristic model was used to predict the traffic flow of non-autonomous vehicles. Traffic datasets were collected using both inductive loop detectors and video cameras as acquisition systems and selecting some parameters including vehicle speed, time of day, traffic volume and number of vehicles. The model showed a training, test and regression value (R2) of 0.99892, 0.99615 and 0.99714 respectively. The results of this research add to the growing body of literature on traffic flow modelling and help urban planners and traffic managers in terms of the traffic control and the provision of convenient travel routes for pedestrians and motorists.

Keywords: traffic flow, traffic congestion, Levenberg-Marquardt artificial neural network model, artificial intelligence, Italy transportation system

Received: August 5, 2021; Accepted: October 7, 2021; Prepublished online: December 22, 2021; Published: April 1, 2022  Show citation

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Olayode, I.O., Severino, A., Campisi, T., & Tartibu, L.K. (2022). Prediction of Vehicular Traffic Flow Using Levenberg-Marquardt Artificial Neural Network Model: Italy Road Transportation System. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(2), E74-86. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.2.E74-E86
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