Zihe Zhang

Dr. Zihe Zhang

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Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 March 2021 in Accident Analysis & Prevention
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Xiaobing LiXiaobing Li
Xiaobing Li
Jun LiuJun Liu
Jun Liu
ZZZihe Zhang
Zihe Zhang
APAllen Parrish
Allen Parrish
Steven JonesSteven Jones
Steven Jones

9 August 2022 in Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
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ZZZihe Zhang
Zihe Zhang
QNQifan Nie
Qifan Nie
Jun LiuJun Liu
Jun Liu
AHAlex Hainen
Alex Hainen
NINaima Islam
Naima Islam
CYChenxuan Yang
Chenxuan Yang
Real-time prediction of crash risk can support traffic incident management by generating critical information for practitioners to allocate resources for responding to anticipated traffic crashes proactively. Unlike previous studies using archived traffic data covering a limited highway environment such as a segment or corridor, this study uses a statewide live traffic database from HERE to develop real-time traffic crash prediction models. This database provides crowdsourced probe vehicle data that are high-resolution real-time traffic speed for the entire freeway network (nearly 2,000 miles) in Alabama. This study aims to use machine learning models to predict crash risk on freeways according to pre-crash traffic dynamics (e.g., mean speed, speed reduction) along with static freeway attributes. Traffic speed characteristics were extracted from the HERE database for both pre-crash and crash-free traffic conditions. Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) were developed and compared. Separate models were estimated for three major crash types: single-vehicle, rear-end, and sideswipe crashes. The model prediction accuracy indicated that the RF models outperform other models. Models for rear-end crashes are found to have greater accuracy than other models, which implies that rear-end crashes have a significant relationship with pre-crash traffic dynamics and are more predictable. The traffic speed factors that are ranked high in terms of feature importance are the speed variance and speed reduction prior to crashes. According to partial dependence plots, the rear-end crash risk is positively related to the speed variance and speed reductions. More results are discussed in the paper.

1 June 2022 in International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
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XFXing Fu
Xing Fu
QNQifan Nie
Qifan Nie
JLJun Liu
Jun Liu
ZZZihe Zhang
Zihe Zhang
SJSteven Jones
Steven Jones


19 June 2024 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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SZSiqi Zhang
Siqi Zhang
MMMo Ma
Mo Ma
CZChen Zhao
Chen Zhao
JLJingkang Li
Jingkang Li
LXLanlan Xu
Lanlan Xu
DSDaqian Song
Daqian Song