EXTRACTING EVENTS AND ASSESSING THEIR IMPACT ON A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

• US 20150006644A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inter, International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Srivastava, Biplav, Anantharam, Pramod, Gupta, Raj
• Granted Patent: US 10,971,009 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2201/00 Algorithms used for the adjustment of time-domain equalizers

Abstract

Methods and arrangements for assessing impact of an event on a network. An event notification is received relative to traffic in the network. Metadata are extracted from the notification, and the extracted metadata are converted into a predetermined format for processing. The converted metadata are received, and an impact of the event on traffic in the network is determined. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.

Claims

1. A method of assessing impact of an event on a network, said method comprising:

utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code configured for;

receiving an event notification associated with an event affecting traffic in the network;

extracting metadata from the event notification, the metadata including at least one of;

location information, time information, and event type information;

converting the extracted metadata into a predetermined format for processing;

receiving the converted metadata; and

determining, using the converted metadata, an estimated impact of the event on traffic in the network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the event notification comprises an SMS notification.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network is a transport network.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the transport network is a public transportation network.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the event notification comprises a notification relating to two or more events.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said extracting comprises consulting one or more extraction rules.

7. The method according to claim 6, comprising consulting a historical database of events to revise the one or more extraction rules.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the event notification includes an event location and time.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein:

the network is a public transportation network; and

said converting comprises converting the extracted metadata into a format relating to at least one stop for a public transit vehicle in the public transportation network.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said determining comprises estimating a delay with respect to at least one stop for the public transit vehicle.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said estimating comprises tailoring an estimate based on at least one of:

an attenuation function relative to event type, a time of day, and a history of related events.

12. The method according to claim 10, comprising communicating at least one calculated delay with respect to at least one neighboring stop relative to the event.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein said estimating comprises developing a conditional probability table.

14. An apparatus for assessing impact of an event on a network, said apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive an event notification associated with an event affecting traffic in the network;

computer readable program code configured to extract metadata from the event notification, the metadata including at least one of;

location information, time information, and event type information;

computer readable program code configured to convert the extracted metadata into a predetermined format for processing;

computer readable program code configured to receive the converted metadata; and

computer readable program code configured to determine, using the converted metadata, an estimated impact of the event on traffic in the network.

15. A computer program product for assessing impact of an event on a network, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive an event notification associated with an event affecting traffic in the network;

computer readable program code configured to extract metadata from the event notification, the metadata including at least one of;

location information, time information, and event type information;

computer readable program code configured to convert the extracted metadata into a predetermined format for processing;

computer readable program code configured to receive the converted metadata; and

computer readable program code configured to determine, using the converted metadata, an estimated impact of the event on traffic in the network.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the event notification comprises an SMS notification.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the event notification includes an event location and time.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17, wherein:

the network is a public transportation network; and

said computer readable program code is configured to convert the extracted metadata into a format relating to at least one stop for a public transit vehicle in the public transportation network.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to estimate a delay for the public transit vehicle with respect to at least one stop.

20. A method comprising:

receiving at least one SMS notification relative to an event in a public transportation network;

extracting metadata from the at least one SMS notification; and

receiving the extracted metadata and thereupon estimating a scheduling delay relative to at least one location in the public transportation network.