Where are the passengers? A Grid-Based Gaussian Mixture Model for taxi bookings

• Main Authors: CHIANG, Meng-Fen, HOANG, Tuan Anh, LIM, Ee-Peng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Spatial-temporal dynamics; Taxi demand modeling; Unified grid-based gaussian mixure model; Databases and Information Systems; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3170; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4171/viewcontent/P_ID_52500_WhereArePassengers_GaussianTaxi_2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Taxi bookings are events where requests for taxis are made by passengers either over voice calls or mobile apps. As the demand for taxis changes with space and time, it is important to model both the space and temporal dimensions in dynamic booking data. Several applications can benefit from a good...