5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising: a sensor interface component that obtains the sensor data as collected by the plurality of sensors; and a context analyzer component that analyzes contextual data associated with the plurality of sensors, the utility value is based at least in part upon the contextual data.
1. A computer-implemented system for valuation of relative utility of data associated with an arterial flow system, comprising: at least one computer adapted to implement components comprising: a flow system representation that describes probable flow for the flow system; a valuation component that generates a utility value associated with a plurality of sensors, each sensor sensing flow in a respective section of a plurality of sections of the flow system based at least in part upon the flow system representation, the utility value is generated as a function of historical data and indicates a utility of sensor data associated with the section in detecting congestion for the flow system; and a filter component that selectively communicates sensor data to at least one mobile device comprising a route planning system, the communicated sensor data comprising data from a subset of the plurality of sensors based on the utility value, the subset comprising multiple sensors selected by comparing utility values for sensors of the plurality of sensors to a threshold.