Research on Traffic Flow Prediction in the Big Data Environment Based on the Improved RBF Neural Network

This paper proposes an optimized prediction algorithm of radial basis function neural network based on an improved artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm in the big data environment. The algorithm first uses crossover and mutation operators of the differential evolution algorithm to replace the search strategy of employed bees in the ABC algorithm, then improves the search strategy of onlookers in the ABC algorithm to produce an optimal candidate food source near the population. The algorithm can better balance local and global searching capability. To verify the efficiency of this algorithm in the big data environment, apply it to Lozi and Tent chaotic time series and measured traffic flow time series, and then compare it with K-nearest neighbor model, radial basis function (RBF) neural network model, improved back propagation neural network model, and RBF neural network based on a cloud genetic algorithm model. The experimental results indicate that the accuracy of prediction for Lozi and Tent chaotic time series and the measured traffic flow improves greatly in the big data environment using the proposed algorithm, which proves the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm in predicting traffic flow time series.