Opportunistic monitoring of pavements for noise labeling and mitigation with machine learning

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Van Hauwermeiren, W
Filipan, K
Botteldooren, D
De Coensel, B
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2021
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Currently, municipalities assess rolling noise on road surfaces using Close-Proximity measurements (CPX). To avoid these labor-intensive measurements, an opportunistic approach based on commodity sensors in a fleet of cars, is proposed. Blind sensor calibration eliminates the effect of measurement vehicle and varying observation conditions. Calibration relies on spatial coherence: modifiers and confounders do not interact strongly with location while the quantity of interest depends on location and less on measurement vehicle. Generalized additive speed models, car offset and de-noising autoencoders (DAE) were investigated. DAE achieves prominent results: (1) ratio of variability of measurements at a single location to the variability of measurements over all locations increases, (2) convergence of mean measurement at a location is faster, and (3) seasonal effects are eliminated. Finally, although the proposed method includes a diversity of tires, below 1600 Hz its results differ from CPX less than the difference between bi-annually repeated CPX measurements.

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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90

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Applied computing

Civil engineering

Urban and regional planning

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Van Hauwermeiren, W; Filipan, K; Botteldooren, D; De Coensel, B, Opportunistic monitoring of pavements for noise labeling and mitigation with machine learning, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2021, 90, pp. 102636

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