Techniques for the inference of mileage rates from MOT data |
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| Authors: | RE Wilson S Cairns S Notley J Anable T Chatterton F McLeod |
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| Institution: | 1. Transportation Research Group , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK R.E.Wilson@soton.ac.uk;3. Centre for Transport Studies , University College London , London , UK;4. Transport Research Laboratory , Wokingham , UK;5. Transport Research Laboratory , Wokingham , UK;6. Centre for Transport Research , University of Aberdeen , Aberdeen , UK;7. Air Quality Management Resource Centre , University of the West of England , Bristol , UK;8. Transportation Research Group , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Mathematical and computational techniques are developed for the processing and analysis of annual Ministry of Transport roadworthiness (MOT) test data that the UK Department for Transport has placed in the public domain. First, techniques are given that clean erroneous records and a linking procedure is provided that permits the inference of an individual vehicle's mileage between consecutive tests. Methods are then developed that analyse aggregate mileage totals, as a function of vehicle age, class and geography. The inference of aggregate mileage rates as a function of time is then considered. |
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| Keywords: | car ownership and use mileage rates MOT tests open data mathematical methods |
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