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Table 1 Variation in estimated travel time compared to the true travel time for Arizona and New Hampshire.

From: Computing travel time when the exact address is unknown: a comparison of point and polygon ZIP code approximation methods

Method

OVERALL

URBAN

RURAL

 

AVERAGE TIME

(min)

MAE1

RMSE2

AVERAGE TIME (min)

MAE1

RMSE2

AVERAGE TIME (min)

MAE1

RMSE2

ARIZONA

Actual Time

185

  

98.1

  

197.4

  

Population Centroid

185.8

5.2

8.9

97.5

2.3

4.5

198.4

5.6

9.3

Geometric Centroid

201.4

21.1

34.4

99.3

3.5

7.1

215.9

23.6

36.7

Service area based on LandScan

187.8

5.4

13.2

98.5

2.1

3.4

200.6

5.8

14.1

Service area based on area

202.5

20.7

34.7

100.9

4.0

9.3

216.9

23.1

37.0

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Actual Time

41.1

  

12.6

  

42.6

  

Population Centroid

40.7

2.3

12.0

12.6

1.5

4

42.2

2.4

12.5

Geometric Centroid

41.9

3.0

18.1

13.7

2.1

13.1

43.5

3.0

18.4

Service area based on LandScan

41.6

2.0

11.5

12.8

1.5

4.3

43.1

2.0

11.9

Service area based on area

43.3

3.1

27.8

14.4

2.5

14.2

44.9

3.1

28.5

  1. (1) MAE: Mean Absolute Error; (2) RMSE: Root mean square error