Highway Travel Time Prediction Using Sparse Tensor Completion Tactics and -Nearest Neighbor Pattern Matching Method

Table 6

Property and encoding of each state component.

Parameter type	Basic parameters (average speed and traffic volume)	Time of the day	Traffic congestion level	Decision attribute; (travel time)
Attributes and coding	, ,; , ,	1: flat in the morning; 2: peak in the morning; 3: trough at noon; 4: peak at noon; 5: flat at night; 6: peak at night; 7: trough at night	1: smooth; 2: slightly crowded; 3: crowded; 4: seriously crowded	Travel time