Algorithms for estimating bus arrival times using GPS data

Author

Weigang, Li ; Koendjbiharie, Marlon W. ; de M Jucá, Ricardo C. ; Yamashita, Yaeko ; Maciver, Andrew

Author_Institution

CIC, Brasilia Univ., Brazil

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

868

Lastpage

873

Abstract

This paper presents a method to estimate bus arrival times at bus stops using GPS information, which was implemented in the SITCUO-Information System for Urban Bus Transportation, in Brasilia. The model consists of a main algorithm and two sub algorithms to determine the position and the speed of the bus en route. When using the speed information from the GPS, the arrival time at the stop point will be infinite if the vehicle is stationary. With the improved method and empirical calibration, the results from the developed model were found to be satisfactory in the implementation and experiment.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; public information systems; transportation; ´bus arrival time estimation; Brasilia; Brazil; GPS data; IS; SITCUO; calibration; information system; omnibus arrival time estimation; public transport; urban ´bus transportation; Data mining; Databases; Global Positioning System; Information systems; Internet; Large Hadron Collider; Mathematical model; Real time systems; Road transportation; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2002. Proceedings. The IEEE 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7389-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2002.1041334

Filename

1041334