A vehicle routing model based on large-scale radio frequency identification data

Abstract

The rapid development of sensing, computing, and wireless communication techniques has given rise to an increasing number and increasing availability of high-resolution data that record real-time traffic information. In this study, radio frequency identification (RFID) data collected in Nanjing (a major city in southern China) were used to estimate dynamic travel demands and develop an RFID data-based vehicle routing model that simultaneously considers individual benefits and social good. The proposed vehicle routing model also used information regarding driver origins that contribute to major congestion; therefore, the routing model can be applied to a group of targeted vehicles only, providing more adaptive, efficient, and feasible routing strategies to mitigate traffic congestion.

Keywords::

• Adaptive strategies
• big data
• driver origins
• route guidance

Acknowledgments

Data are provided by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

Additional information

Funding

The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61473320 and 71871224), Science and Technology Project of Hunan Province (2015RS4011), and the Project of Innovation-driven Plan in Central South University (2016CSX014).