Multi-Agent System for Demand Prediction and Trip Visualization in Bike Sharing Systems

[EN] This paper proposes a multi agent system that provides visualization and prediction tools for bike sharing systems (BSS). The presented multi-agent system includes an agent that performs data collection and cleaning processes, it is also capable of creating demand forecasting models for each bi...

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Autores: Lozano Murciego, Álvaro, De Paz, Juan F., Villarubia González, Gabriel, Hernández de la Iglesia, Daniel, Bajo Pérez, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/145850
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/145850
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bike sharing systems (BSS)
Regression models
Open data
Data visualization
Multi agent systems
Organizations and institutions
Socio-technical systems
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Sumario:[EN] This paper proposes a multi agent system that provides visualization and prediction tools for bike sharing systems (BSS). The presented multi-agent system includes an agent that performs data collection and cleaning processes, it is also capable of creating demand forecasting models for each bicycle station. Moreover, the architecture offers API (Application Programming Interface) services and provides a web application for visualization and forecasting. This work aims to make the system generic enough for it to be able to integrate data from different types of bike sharing systems. Thus, in future studies it will be possible to employ the proposed system in different types of bike sharing systems. This article contains a literature review, a section on the process of developing the system and the built-in prediction models. Moreover, a case study which validates the proposed system by implementing it in a public bicycle sharing system in Salamanca, called SalenBici. It also includes an outline of the results and conclusions, a discussion on the challenges encountered in this domain, as well as possibilities for future work.