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Context aware advisor for public transportation
| Summary: | This paper presents an Android-based mobile app designed to provide real time context aware public transportation information and advice to its users through the combination of the user's preferences and geographic context with data retrieved from a public transportation information system called XTraN Passenger. Thus, this mobile app contributes to fulfill the necessities of the passengers, and also provides an incentive for people to use the public transportation infrastructure more frequently. The proposed mobile app allows the users to benefit from the access to real time public transportation data in a simple and intuitive way. The validation of the features and operation of the developed app was assessed with results from use cases and real-world experimental tests using public transportation data from a Brazilian bus fleet operator. |
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| Main Authors: | Ferreira, João C. |
| Other Authors: | Silva, Henrique; Afonso, José A.; Afonso, João L. |
| Subject: | Geographic information system Global positioning system Intelligent transportation system Mobile app Personalization Real time information Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade do Minho |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
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| author | Ferreira, João C. |
| author2 | Silva, Henrique Afonso, José A. Afonso, João L. |
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| author_facet | Ferreira, João C. Silva, Henrique Afonso, José A. Afonso, João L. |
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| datacite.creators.creator.creatorName.fl_str_mv | Ferreira, João C. Silva, Henrique Afonso, José A. Afonso, João L. |
| datacite.date.Accepted.fl_str_mv | 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z |
| datacite.date.available.fl_str_mv | 2020-10-08T15:25:05Z |
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| datacite.subjects.subject.fl_str_mv | Geographic information system Global positioning system Intelligent transportation system Mobile app Personalization Real time information Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática |
| datacite.titles.title.fl_str_mv | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Ferreira, João C. Silva, Henrique Afonso, José A. Afonso, João L. |
| dc.date.Accepted.fl_str_mv | 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z |
| dc.date.available.fl_str_mv | 2020-10-08T15:25:05Z |
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| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
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| description | This paper presents an Android-based mobile app designed to provide real time context aware public transportation information and advice to its users through the combination of the user's preferences and geographic context with data retrieved from a public transportation information system called XTraN Passenger. Thus, this mobile app contributes to fulfill the necessities of the passengers, and also provides an incentive for people to use the public transportation infrastructure more frequently. The proposed mobile app allows the users to benefit from the access to real time public transportation data in a simple and intuitive way. The validation of the features and operation of the developed app was assessed with results from use cases and real-world experimental tests using public transportation data from a Brazilian bus fleet operator. |
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| spelling | engInternational Association of Engineers (IAENG)porThis paper presents an Android-based mobile app designed to provide real time context aware public transportation information and advice to its users through the combination of the user's preferences and geographic context with data retrieved from a public transportation information system called XTraN Passenger. Thus, this mobile app contributes to fulfill the necessities of the passengers, and also provides an incentive for people to use the public transportation infrastructure more frequently. The proposed mobile app allows the users to benefit from the access to real time public transportation data in a simple and intuitive way. The validation of the features and operation of the developed app was assessed with results from use cases and real-world experimental tests using public transportation data from a Brazilian bus fleet operator.application/pdfporContext aware advisor for public transportationFerreira, João C.Silva, HenriqueAfonso, José A.Afonso, João L.HostingInstitutionOrganizationalRepositóriUM - Universidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.ptCITATIONJoão C. Ferreira, Henrique Silva, José A. Afonso, João L. Afonso, “Context Aware Advisor for Public Transportation”, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, vol.45, no.1, pp.74-81, February 2018ISSNIsPartOf1819-656XEISSNIsPartOf1819-92242020-10-08T15:25:05Z2018-022018-02-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/67399http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessGeographic information systemGlobal positioning systemIntelligent transportation systemMobile appPersonalizationReal time informationhttp://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdfFields of Science and Technology (FOS)Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática1602772 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdffulltexthttps://repositorium.uminho.pt/bitstreams/06d5b19f-2bd0-41eb-848d-44402957e896/download |
| spellingShingle | Context aware advisor for public transportation Ferreira, João C. Geographic information system Global positioning system Intelligent transportation system Mobile app Personalization Real time information Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática |
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| subject.fl_str_mv | Geographic information system Global positioning system Intelligent transportation system Mobile app Personalization Real time information |
| subject.other.fl_str_mv | Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática |
| title | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
| title_full | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
| title_fullStr | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
| title_short | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
| title_sort | Context aware advisor for public transportation |
| topic | Geographic information system Global positioning system Intelligent transportation system Mobile app Personalization Real time information Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática |
| topic_facet | Geographic information system Global positioning system Intelligent transportation system Mobile app Personalization Real time information Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/67399 |
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