Stacking Ensemble Learning Process to Predict Rural Road Traffic Flow

Table 1

Description of candidate features to predict traffic flow.

Feature name	Description
Season	Including spring, summer, fall, and winter
Solar month	Including 12 solar months
Lunar month	Including 12 lunar months
Day of a solar month	Including 29–31 days of a solar month
Day of a lunar month	Including 29–30 days of a lunar month
Time of day	Including 24 hours a day
6 hour before the holidays	Equal to 1 if it is 1 to 6 hour before holidays
6 hour after the holidays	Equal to 1 if it is 1 to 6 hour after holidays
Day or night	Including day and night
Number of holidays	The number of sequential holidays
Holidays	Includes 1 for holidays and 0 for other days
Holiday type	Type of holidays
Holiday in three days later	Equal to 1 if three days later is a holiday
Type of holidays in three days later	Including the holiday type of three days later if it is a holiday, otherwise equals 0.
Holiday in three days ago	Equal to 1 if three days ago is a holiday
Type of holidays in three days ago	Including the holiday type of three days ago if it is a holiday, otherwise equals 0.
Holiday in two days later	Equal to 1 if two days later is a holiday
Type of holidays in two days later	Including the holiday type of two days later if it is a holiday, otherwise equals 0.
Holiday in two days ago	Equal to 1 if two days ago is a holiday
Type of holidays in two days ago	Including the holiday type of two days ago if it is a holiday, otherwise equals 0.
Holiday in a day later	Equal to 1 if a day later is a holiday
Type of holidays in a day later	Including the holiday type of a day later if it is a holiday, otherwise equals 0.
Holiday in a day ago	Equal to 1 if a day ago is a holiday
Type of holidays in a day ago	Including the holiday type of a day ago if it is a holiday, otherwise equals 0.