Methods and systems for representing a degree of traffic congestion using a limited number of symbols

摘要

Method of creating a computerized model for computing values representative of traffic congestion in respect of a geographic area for use in representing a degree of traffic congestion in the geographic area using a limited number of symbols, comprising: retrieving, in respect of roads within geographic area, historical traffic data and values representative of traffic congestion; deriving a computerized model for computing values representative of traffic congestion in respect of roads within the geographic area based on the retrieved information. Method of representing a degree of traffic congestion in a geographic area using a limited number of symbols, comprising: receiving recent traffic and weather data including one of recent average vehicle speed and recent average vehicle transit time and two of temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, and cloud cover; and computing a value representative of traffic congestion using the recent traffic and weather data and a trained artificial neural network.