Physics-informed deep operator network for traffic state estimation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12593v1
• Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 02:59:42 GMT
• Title: Physics-informed deep operator network for traffic state estimation
• Authors: Zhihao Li, Ting Wang, Guojian Zou, Ruofei Wang, Ye Li,
• Abstract summary: Traffic state estimation (TSE) fundamentally involves solving high-dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs) governing traffic flow dynamics from limited noisy measurements.<n>This paper adopts a physics-informed deep operator network framework that reformulates TSE as an operator learning problem.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Traffic state estimation (TSE) fundamentally involves solving high-dimensional spatiotemporal partial differential equations (PDEs) governing traffic flow dynamics from limited, noisy measurements. While Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) enforce PDE constraints point-wise, this paper adopts a physics-informed deep operator network (PI-DeepONet) framework that reformulates TSE as an operator learning problem. Our approach trains a parameterized neural operator that maps sparse input data to the full spatiotemporal traffic state field, governed by the traffic flow conservation law. Crucially, unlike PINNs that enforce PDE constraints point-wise, PI-DeepONet integrates traffic flow conservation model and the fundamental diagram directly into the operator learning process, ensuring physical consistency while capturing congestion propagation, spatial correlations, and temporal evolution. Experiments on the NGSIM dataset demonstrate superior performance over state-of-the-art baselines. Further analysis reveals insights into optimal function generation strategies and branch network complexity. Additionally, the impact of input function generation methods and the number of functions on model performance is explored, highlighting the robustness and efficacy of proposed framework.

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