Boosting Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction with EMD and Bayesian Optimization
摘要
With the growth of intelligent transportation systems, enhancing the accuracy of short-term traffic flow predictions is crucial for effective real-time traffic management. This paper introduces a method for short-term traffic flow forecasting that utilizes Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) for data processing, combined with a LightGBM model optimized through Bayesian optimization. EMD first decomposes the traffic flow data. Then, Bayesian optimization fine-tunes the LightGBM model parameters, creating a prediction model. The method’s effectiveness is assessed using publicly available traffic flow data and compared to existing algorithms. Results show that this approach better captures traffic flow trends, offering improved prediction accuracy for short-term forecasting.