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Beijing University of Technology Reports Findings in Machine Learning (Unravelin g the determinants of traffic incident duration: A causal investigation using th e framework of causal forests with debiased machine learning)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News – New research on Machine Learning is th e subject of a report. According to news reporting from Beijing, People’s Republ ic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Predicting the duration of traffic incidents is challenging due to their stochastic nature. Accurate predi ctions can greatly benefit end-users by informing their route choices and safety warnings, while helping traffic operation managers more effectively manage non- recurrent traffic congestion and enhance road safety.” The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Beijing Univ ersity of Technology, “This study conducts a comprehensive causal analysis of tr affic incident duration using a data collected over a long time and including di fferent types of roads across the city of Tianjin, China. Employing the innovati ve framework of causal forests with biased machine learning (CF-DML) techniques, this study advances beyond traditional methods by focusing on interpreting the causal relationships between various factors and incident duration, emphasizing the role of heterogeneity among these factors. The CF-DML framework enables the assessment of the average treatment effects (ATEs) of various factors on inciden t duration. Notably, the significant influence of road type and suburban setting on treatment effects is underscored, which is generally consistent with the res ults obtained through classical methods. Second, to look more closely at the imp ortant factors such as road and collision types, a conditional average treatment effects (CATE) analysis is conducted, explaining heterogeneity through a causal heterogeneity tree. Third, based on insights from causal analysis, policies rel ated to lane configurations are explored, emphasizing the necessity of consideri ng causal effects in traffic management decisions.”

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2024

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年,卷(期):2024.(Oct.17)