Twitter Data Can Make Roads Safer During Inclement Weather
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 13:57
in Mathematics & Economics
Go ahead, rant about the snow on Twitter. It can ease traffic on slippery, congested roads. That's the crux of a University at Buffalo study which examined how weather-related tweets can be analyzed to bolster computer models that, among other things, recommend safe driving speeds and which roads motorists should avoid during inclement weather.