Driving cycle prediction model based on bus route features

Bus fuel economy is deeply influenced by the driving cycles, which vary for different route conditions. Buses optimized for a standard driving cycle are not necessarily suitable for actual driving conditions, and, therefore, it is critical to predict the driving cycles based on the route conditions. To conveniently predict representative driving cycles of special bus routes, this paper proposed a prediction model based on bus route features, which supports bus optimization. The relations between 27 inter-station characteristics and bus fuel economy were analyzed. According to the analysis, five inter-station route characteristics were abstracted to represent the bus route features, and four inter-station driving characteristics were abstracted to represent the driving cycle features between bus stations. Inter-station driving characteristic equations were established based on the multiple linear regression, reflecting the linear relationships between the five inter-station route characteristics and the four inter-station driving characteristics. Using kinematic segment classification, a basic driving cycle database was established, including 4704 different transmission matrices. Based on the inter-station driving characteristic equations and the basic driving cycle database, the driving cycle prediction model was developed, generating drive cycles by the iterative Markov chain for the assigned bus lines. The model was finally validated by more than 2 years of acquired data. The experimental results show that the predicted driving cycle is consistent with the historical average velocity profile, and the prediction similarity is 78.69%. The proposed model can be an effective way for the driving cycle prediction of bus routes.     

基于语义的可定制数据切分和动态加载方法

文章提供一种基于语义的可定制数据切分和动态加载方法，它能够对源数据库建立基于语义的元数据描述，根据不同用户的数据需求，依据数据的语义相关性，转化并归纳为通用的策略模版，基于策略进行数据的切割和数据的级联抽取。之后，采用容错式动态加载方法。这在一定程度上实现了异构数据库之间的批量数据迁移。     

Travel analytics: Understanding how destination choice and business clusters are connected based on social media data

Understanding how destination choice and business clusters are connected is of great importance for designing sustainable cities, fostering flourishing business clusters, and building livable communities. As sharing locations and activities on social media platforms becomes increasingly popular, such data can reveal destination choice and activity space which can shed light on human-environment relationships. To this end, this research models the relationship between characteristics of business clusters and check-in activities from Los Angeles County, California. Business clusters are analyzed via two lenses: the supply side (employment data by industry) and the demand side (on-line check-in data). Spatial and statistical analyses are performed to understand how land use and transportation network features affect the popularity of the identified clusters and their relationships. Our results suggest that a cluster with more employment opportunities and more types of employment is associated with more check-ins. A business cluster that has access to parks or recreational services is also more popular. A business cluster with a longer road network and better connectivity of roads is associated with more check-ins. The visualization of the common visitors between clusters reveals that there are a few clusters with outstanding strong ties, while most have modest ties with each other. Our findings have implications on the influence of urban design on the popularity of business clusters.     

A systematic analysis of multimodal transport systems with road space distribution and responsive bus service

A smart design of transport systems involves efficient use and allocation of the limited urban road capacity in the multimodal environment. This paper intends to understand the system-wide effect of dividing the road space to the private and public transport modes and how the public transport service provider responds to the space changes. To this end, the bimodal dynamic user equilibrium is formulated for separated road space. The Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) model is employed to depict the dynamics of the automobile traffic for its state-dependent feature, its inclusion of hypercongestion, and its advantage of capturing network topology. The delay of a bus trip depends on the running speed which is in turn affected by bus lane capacity and ridership. Within the proposed bimodal framework, the steady-state equilibrium traffic characteristics and the optimal bus fare and service frequency are analytically derived. The counter-intuitive properties of traffic condition, modal split, and behavior of bus operator in the hypercongestion are identified. To understand the interaction between the transport authority (for system benefit maximization) and the bus operator (for its own benefit maximization), we examine how the bus operator responds to space changes and how the system benefit is influenced with the road space allocation. With responsive bus service, the condition, under which expanding bus lane capacity is beneficial to the system as a whole, has been analytically established. Then the model is applied to the dynamic framework where the space allocation changes with varying demand and demand-responsive bus service. We compare the optimal bus services under different economic objectives, evaluate the system performance of the bimodal network, and explore the dynamic space allocation strategy for the sake of social welfare maximization.     

基于大数据的大学校园停车系统规划 ——以大连理工大学凌水主校区为例

为解决大学校园停车系统混乱以及用于相关规划的基础数据样本量小、精度不高、时效性 差等问题，应用大学校园停车调查数据、各出入口车辆记录数据以及各院系教职工信息数据进行多源大数据分析，提出了一种基于大数据的大学校园停车系统规划方法。以大连理工大学凌水主 校区收集到的数据为例，首先从静态角度利用各出入口车辆记录数据和校园停车调查数据获取校园整体停车需求，进而利用各院系教职工信息数据分析各部门的停车需求。然后，从动态角度考虑停车位的周转问题，利用各出入口车辆记录数据分析校园出入车辆停车时段分布状况。最后，根据多源大数据分析所得校园停车系统现状，得出相应的校园停车系统规划结果。研究结果表 明：基于大数据的大学校园停车系统规划方法可有效解决传统方法中基础数据样本量小、精度不高、时效性差等问题，提高了规划结果的实用性和科学性。     

基于GPS与图像融合的智能车辆高精度定位算法

车辆自定位是实现智能车辆环境感知的核心问题之一.全球定位系统(Global Positioning System,GPS)定位误差通常在10 m左右,不能满足智能车辆的定位需求;惯性导航系统成本较高,不适于智能车辆的推广.本文在视觉地图基础上,提出一种基于GPS与图像融合的智能车辆定位算法.该算法以计算当前位置距离视觉地图中最近一个数据采集点的位姿为目标,首先运用GPS信息进行初定位,在视觉地图中选取若干采集点作为初步候选,其次运用Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF(ORB)全局特征进行特征匹配,得到一个候选定位结果,最后通过待检测图像中的局部特征点与候选定位结果中的三维局部特征点建立透视n点模型(Perspective-n-Point,Pn P),得到车辆当前的位姿,并以此对候选定位结果进行修正,得到最终定位结果.实验在长为5 km的路段中进行,并在不同天气及不同智能车辆平台测试.经验证,平均定位精度为11.6 cm,最大定位误差为37 cm,同时对不同天气具有较强鲁棒性.该算法满足了智能车定位需求,且大幅降低了高精度定位成本.     

基于Q-learning 的定制公交跨区域路径规划研究

考虑城市大客流通勤者跨区域出行需求，结合城市公交线网中乘客出行密集、客流走向规律等特点，提出一种跨区域定制公交的搭乘方案. 通过改进的Q-learning 模型对公交线路进行优化，为城市通勤者提供更加便捷和高效的出行服务. 通过综合路段拥堵状态、乘客需求及居民小区位置，设定了Q-learning 强化学习的奖惩函数，提升定制公交区域路径的直线系数、满载率、通行时间. 结果表明，所提出的改进方法能够降低通勤者跨区域通行的旅行时间，有效提高髙峰时段定制公交线网的通行效率.     

基于行程时间影响的关键路段识别与查找

从路段实际功能出发，提出基于路段与路径行程时间序列的相关性识别关键路段的方法.借鉴蒙特卡洛思想，以真实数据构造10万条随机路径验证该方法的可行性，并识别出对上海市路网行程时间有关键影响的路段集合.以上述集合为参照，利用模糊聚类及迭代累计平方和算法提取路段行程时间序列特征并构造两个新变量，结合基础属性建立二项Logit模型，从而主动查找关键路段.比较该模型与基础模型、随机分类器查找效果表明：基于最大归一化行程时间曲线聚类，其结果对关键路段识别模型的性能有提升效用；行程时间对数差分序列的结构性变点在路网和路段级别均有明显时间聚集特性，虽然其个数与路段关键性无明显关系，但其与常见波动程度指标相关性小，可保留用于描述行程时间波动常发性和聚集性.     

Planning guidelines for metro–bus interchanges by means of a pedestrian microsimulation model

The big paradigm for cities nowadays is to study the movement of pedestrians at the interface between metro and bus systems – metro–bus interchanges. When these interchanges are not well designed, walking is inefficient and can be unsafe for pedestrians. This paper analyses, by means of a pedestrian microsimulation model, metro–bus interchange spaces in order to propose planning guidelines for the city of Santiago de Chile. Specific objectives are (1) to identify the variables that provide efficiency and safety in those spaces; (2) to simulate different scenarios using the pedestrian simulation model LEGION; (3) to propose planning and design guidelines for pedestrian spaces at metro–bus interchanges; and (4) to contrast the recommendations in the recently opened terminal station on Line 1 of Metro de Santiago: Los Dominicos Station.