A service choice model for optimizing taxi service delivery

Taxi service has undergone radical revamp in recent years. In particular, significant investments in communication system and global positioning system (GPS) devices have improved quality of taxi services through better dispatches. In this paper, the authors propose to leverage on such infrastructure and build a service choice model that helps individual drivers in deciding whether to serve a specific taxi stand or not. The authors demonstrate the value of the model by applying it to a real-world scenario. The authors also highlight interesting new potential approaches that could significantly improve the quality of taxi services.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2009.5309520
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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of IEEE.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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• Authors:
  • Cheng, Shih-Fen
  • Qu, Xin
• Conference:
  • 12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2009)
  • Location: St. Louis Missouri, United States
  • Date: 2009-10-4 to 2009-10-7
• Publication Date: 2009-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: 12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2009)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Choice models; Communication systems; Dispatching; Global Positioning System; Optimization; Quality of service; Taxi services
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01574455
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781424455195
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 2015 6:09PM