Skip to main content
Skip header

Methods of Transport Prognostics

* Exchange students do not have to consider this information when selecting suitable courses for an exchange stay.

Course Unit Code342-0577/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DOR028doc. Ing. Michal Dorda, Ph.D.
Summary
The course deals with general prognostic methods and methods specialized for transport. Attention is paid to methods of processing random vectors and the issue of dependencies between its components. The course also includes issues of regression and correlation analysis, time series analysis and other suitable tools.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student will get acquainted with selected types of traffic surveys and their evaluation. We will also get acquainted with the issue of measuring dependencies, ie regression and correlation analysis, analysis of time series suitable for forecasting. He will be able to apply these methods to practical tasks.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to traffic forecasting, exploratory data analysis - introduction, measures of central tendency.
2. Exploratory data analysis - measures of dispersion, outlier identification, large random sample processing.
3. Random vector and its description, covariance, simple correlation coefficient.
4. Independence testing in the combination table.
5. Introduction to time series - basic concepts, division of time series.
6. Time series trend analysis - linear trend, parabolic trend, exponential trend.
7. Time series trend analysis - modified exponential trend, logistic curve, Gompertz curve.
8. Correlation analysis - Pearson's correlation coefficient, linear independence testing.
9. Regression analysis - basic concepts, types of regression functions, least squares method and its application in estimating the parameters of a regression function, multiple regression.
10. Four-phase model of traffic forecast - calculation of prospective traffic volumes - use of regression analysis, methods of specific momentum.
11. Four-phase model of traffic forecast - determination of interregional relations - analogous methods.
12. Four-phase model of traffic forecast - determination of interregional relations - synthetic methods.
13. Four-phase model of traffic forecast - division of transport work, allocation to the network.
14. Reserve.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Briš,R.-Škňouřilová,P.:Statistics I. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2007.
Hill,T.-Lewicki,P.: Statistics : methods and applications : a comprehensive reference for science, insdustry and data mining. StatSoft, Tulsa, 2006, 832 pp. ISBN 1-884233-59-7.
Křivda, V. Metody dopravního prognózování I. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2009, 179 s. ISBN 978-80-248-2121-4.
Seger, J.; Hindls, R.: Statistické metody v tržním hospodářství. Victoria publishing, Praha, 1995, 435 s. ISBN 80-7187-058-7.
Medelská, V., Jirava, P., Nop, D., Rojan, J. Dopravné inžinierstvo. 1. vyd. Alfa Bratislava, 1991, 376 s. ISBN 80-05-00737-X.
Hill,T.-Lewicki,P.: Statistics : methods and applications : a comprehensive reference for science, insdustry and data mining. StatSoft, Tulsa, 2006, 832 pp. ISBN 1-884233-59-7.
Recommended Reading:
Briš,R.-Škňouřilová,P.:Statistics I. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2007.
Hill,T.-Lewicki,P.: Statistics : methods and applications : a comprehensive reference for science, insdustry and data mining. StatSoft, Tulsa, 2006, 832 pp. ISBN 1-884233-59-7.
Folprecht, J.; Křivda, V. Organizace a řízení dopravy I. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2006, 158 s. ISBN 80-248-1030-1.
Křivda, V. Základy organizace a řízení silniční dopravy. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2006, 170 s. ISBN 80-248-1253-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51