BZ10M
| Duration: | 42 months, 01.03.2006-31.08.2009 |
| Partners: | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Municipality of Bozen-Bolzano |
| Collaborators: | F. Barducci, M. Böhlen, D. Divenuto, J. Gamper, M. Innerebner, R. Kasperovics, R. Loperfido, I. Timko |
| Students: | V. Bauer, E. Kondratas, S. Leleiva, C. Tenzing |
The objective of the BZ10M project is to develop an information system, called BZ10M, that allows to perform and visualize computations on complex spatio-temporal phenomena such as time-dependent times needed for trips in the city (travel times) and time-dependent traffic jams. The BZ10M system provides two user-accessible functions:
- route planning
- analytical queries
The route planning function computes routes between two points in the city and associated travel times. During the computation, different transportation modes (e.g., on foot, by bicycle, by car, and by bus) must be taken into consideration. Also, the time-dependent traffic jams and public transport schedules must be taken into consideration. The results of the computation of routes and the associated travel times must be visualized.
The analytical queries function performs analytical (e.g., aggregation and reachability) queries about such complex spatio-temporal phenomena as travel times and traffic jams. The results of the analytical queries must be visualized. The visualization must include city maps that show the phenomena during different hours of the day (isochrone representation) and statistics with special indicators. For performing the analytical queries, OLAP and other technologies are used.
The two user-accessible functions described above use an internal (non-user-accessible) representation of schedules function that provides the mechanism for representing and querying different kinds of recurrent information such as cultural events, opening hours, and transport schedules. For example, transport schedules will be used by the route planning function to take public transportation modes into consideration.