A State-of-the-Art Review of the Sensor Location, Flow Observability, Estimation, and Prediction Problems in Traffic Networks

Table 3

A summary of some of the main contributions to sensor locations and flow estimation in traffic networks in the static or steady case.

Paper	Approach type	Sensor type	Data	Variables	Constraints	Metric	Examples
Church and ReVelle [95]	OD based	Link count	L	L, OD	FD, OC	FC	NP
Branston [5]	Review
Van Zuylen and Willumsen [65]	OD based	Link count	L, PI	OD	FD, OC	LH, ET	T
Bell [91]	OD based	Link count	L	L, OD	OC, FD	LH	—
Maher [101]	OD based	Link count	PI	OD	FD, OC	BM	—
Nihan and Davis [110]	OD based	Link count	L	OD, L	FD, OC	—	—
Spiess [61]	OD based	Link count	L	OD	FD, OC	LH	—
Brenninger-Göthe et al. [100]	OD based	Link count	L, CP	OD	CP	MO, ET	—
Nihan and Davis [62]	OD based	Link count	L	OD	FD, OC	LH, GLS	—
Yang et al. [51]	OD based	Link count	L	L, OD	FD, OC	MP	T
Bierlaire and Toint [88]	OD based	Link count	PI, L	L, OD	FD, OC	GLS	T
Lo et al. [104]	OD based	Link count	L, CP	CP, L, OD, CP	CP, FM	LH, BM	T
Vardi [63]	OD based	Link count	L	OD	FD, OC	LH	T
Abrahamsson [6]	Literature survey
Yang and Zhou [13]	Route based, OD based	Link counts	CP, PA, L	SL, L, OD	CP, FD, OC	MP, FC	T, SF
Asakura et al. [89]	OD based	Plate scan, AVI	L	L, OD	FD, OC	GLS	HS
Lo and Chan [94]	OD based	Link count	L	CP	CP, FM	GLS	T
Chootinan et al. [108]	OD based	Link count	L	OD, SL	FD, OC	NS, GLS	T, SF
Gan et al. [54]	OD based	Link count	L	L, OD	FD, OC	GLS, NS, MP, TDS	T
Gentili and Mirchandani [4]	Route based	Active sensor	L	SL	FD, OC	NS	T
Cipriani et al. [109]	OD based	Link count	L	SL, CP	FD, OC, CP	MP	CN
Ehlert et al. [47]	OD based	Traffic counts	L, CP	L, OD	CP, OC	IN, MP, FC, NS	GN
Papola and Marzano [16]	OD based	Link count	L, OD	L, OD	FD, OC	LH, GLS	FN
Yang et al. [107]	OD based	Link count	L, OD	OD, L, SC	FD, OC	NS	T, SF
Chen et al. [99]	OD based	Link count	L, OD	L, OD, SL	OC, FD	NS	HC
Castillo et al. [56]	OD based	Link count	OD, L, CP	SL, L, OD	FD, CP, OC	NS, MR	ND, T
Castillo et al. [83]	OD based	Link count	L, OD, CP	SL, L, OD	FD, CP, OC	NS, MR	ND, T
Castillo et al. [50]	Route based	Link count	PI, L, OD, CP	SL, L, OD, P	FM, OC, CP, FD	NS, GLS	T, ND
Castillo et al. [21]	OD based, Bayesian	Link count	L, CP	OD, L	CE, NN, CP, FM	WMV, CR, BM	ND, CR
Viti et al. [52]	OD based	Link count	L, CP	SL, L	FD, OC, CP	MP	SF
Hu et al. [74]	Route based	Link count	L, PA	SL, L	FD, OC	MR, NS	PAR, FB, SF, OT
Marzano et al. [90]	OD based	Link count	L	L, OD	FD, OC	LH	—
Castillo et al. [105]	Route based	Plate scan	PA, L, OD	SL	OT	NS	ND, CU
Castillo et al. [84]	Route based	Link count, Plate scan	L, OD	SL, L, OD, P	FD, OC	MR, NS	T, PAR, ND
Larsson et al. [97]	OD based	Link count	L	OD, SL	FD	FC, GLS, NS	SF, EN
Mínguez et al. [22]	OD and route based	plate scan	PI, L, P, OD, PA	SL, L, OD, P	FD, OC	GLS, MA, MP	CU, ND
Zhou and List [66]	OD based	Link count	CP, PI	SL, L	CP	TPE	T, IN, TPE
Castillo et al. [77]	Route based	Plate scan	L, PA, OD	L, SL, OD, P	FD, OC	NS, MR	PAR, ND, CU
Castillo et al. [86]	Route based	Plate scan	CP, L, OD, PA	SL, L, OD, P	FD, OC, OT	NS, MR	T, CU
Fei and Mahmassani [69]	OD based	Link count	L	OD, SL	FD, OC	MO, FC, NS	MN
Sánchez-Cambronero et al. [106]	Route based	Plate scan	PI, L, PA, OD	L, OD, P	FD, OC	GLS, LH	ND, T
Castillo et al. [60]	Route based	Plate scan	L, PA, OD	SL, L, OD, P	FD, OC	FAI, NS, MR	T, ND, CU
Gentili and Mirchandani [14]	Route based	Link count	PI, L, CP, OD	SL, L, OD, P	FD, OC, CP	NS, FC, MP	T
Ng [57]	Node based	Link count	L	L, SL	CE, OC	NS, MR	PAR, FB
Parry and Hazelton [64]	OD based	Link count	L, CP	OD, L	FM, CP	LH	T, LN
Simonelli et al. [67]	OD based	Link counts	L	SL, L, OD	FD, OC	SD	T
Wang et al. [98]	OD based	Link count	L, PI	SL, L, P	FD, OC	GLS, NS	—
Castillo et al. [72]	Node and route based	Link count	L, P, OD, PA	SL, L, OD, P	CE, NN, OC, FD	MR, NS	PAR
Castillo et al. [102]	Route based, Bayesian	Plate scan	PI, L, OD, PA	L, OD, P	OC, FD	MA, GLS, BM, LH	T, ND
Castillo et al. [12]	OD based	Plate scan, Link count	L, CP, OD, PA	SL, L, OD, P	FD, OC, CP	MP, NS, GLS	T, ND, CU
He [59]	Node based	Link count	L	L, SL	CE, OC	NS, MR	PAR, FB, SF
Rinaldi et al. [85]	OD based	Link count	L	SL, L, OD	FD, OC	MUV	—
Castillo et al. [73]	Route based	Link count	L, PA, OD	SL, L, OD, P	CE, NN, FD, OC	MR, NS	PAR, ND, OT
Viti et al. [71]	Route based	Link count	L	SL, L, OD	FD, OC	MUV	RT, PAR