Patent ID: 8798897

Claim:
A system for forecasting a vehicle traffic condition in a near future, the system comprising: a traffic prediction tool for estimating traffic data including: a traffic speed and volume in a traffic link, the traffic link referring to a portion of a traffic road where the traffic prediction tool is installed; a turning percentage prediction module for receiving the estimated traffic data and estimating a weighted average turning percentage in the traffic link based on the estimated traffic data by calculating a first multiplication of a weight assigned to each diverging link and a historical turning percentage representing prior turning percentage of the each diverging link, a second multiplication of the weight and a vehicle diverging rate to the each diverging link during a time interval, and an addition of the first multiplication and the second multiplication; and a simulation tool for computing, based on the estimated turning percentage and the estimated traffic data, an expected traffic volume in the traffic link, wherein the traffic prediction tool, the turning percentage prediction module and the simulation tool are pipelined so that the traffic prediction tool, the turning percentage prediction module and the simulation tool finish respective operations at a same time by being synchronized according to a signal, and a plurality of stages, each stage running in parallel, the each stage corresponding to the traffic prediction tool, the turning percentage prediction tool and the simulation tool, wherein one or more of the traffic prediction tool, the turning percentage prediction module and simulation tool is implemented in a computing system that comprises at least one processor and at least one memory device connected to the processor.