Title :
Integrating GSM Technology for the Public Transportation Guidance System
Author :
Zhu, Lingxiang ; Zou, Liang ; Xu, Jianmin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Math., South China Agric. Univ., Guangzhou
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a system offering a solution to the problem of public transportation guidance. It is based on the integration of geographic information system (GIS) and global system for mobile communication (GSM) technologies. A significant operation for the handling of public transportation guidance system is the routing of passengers to their destinations. The response time of a real-time system like ours to such queries is of vital significance. By using efficient data structures for the implementation of the graph representing the bus network, the time performance of the shortest-path algorithm can be enhanced. Incorporating the efficient algorithm within the GIS will increase our system´s viability. The developed system is implemented with Guangzhou containing 471 routes and 1040 stops. The test result indicates that the description, model and algorithm proposed in this paper are effective
Keywords :
cellular radio; data structures; geographic information systems; graph theory; road traffic; traffic engineering computing; transportation; A* algorithm; GSM technology; bus network; data structures; geographic information system; global system for mobile communication; graph representation; integrated system; passenger routing; public transportation guidance system; real-time system; shortest-path algorithm; Cities and towns; Communications technology; Educational institutions; GSM; Geographic Information Systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Mathematics; Mobile communication; Routing; Traffic control; A; GSM technology; integrated system;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2006. WCICA 2006. The Sixth World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0332-4
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2006.1713648
