IMPUTING PRICING CRITERIA FOR PARKING USING A COMBINATION OF PAYMENT DATA AND INCOMPLETE SENSOR DATA
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1. A method for inferring occupancy information for a set of stalls based on incomplete occupancy data, the method comprising:
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acquiring payment data for a set of stalls; and
acquiring occupancy data for the set of stalls, the set of stalls including a reporting subset of the stalls which report occupancy and a non-reporting subset of stalls which do not report occupancy, the occupancy data being acquired from the reporting subset;
with a processor, computing an estimate of a time integral of a function of occupancy over the series of times based on the acquired payment data and occupancy data; and
outputting information based on the estimate.
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Abstract
A method for estimating average occupancy of a set of stalls based on incomplete occupancy data includes acquiring payment data for the set of stalls for each of a set of times and acquiring occupancy data for the set of stalls for each of the set of times, the occupancy data being acquired from a reporting subset consisting of fewer than all of the stalls. An estimate of a time integral of a function of occupancy is computed, based on the payment data and occupancy data and information is output based on the estimate.
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1. A method for inferring occupancy information for a set of stalls based on incomplete occupancy data, the method comprising:
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for each of a series of times; acquiring payment data for a set of stalls; and acquiring occupancy data for the set of stalls, the set of stalls including a reporting subset of the stalls which report occupancy and a non-reporting subset of stalls which do not report occupancy, the occupancy data being acquired from the reporting subset; with a processor, computing an estimate of a time integral of a function of occupancy over the series of times based on the acquired payment data and occupancy data; and outputting information based on the estimate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for estimating average occupancy of a set of stalls based on incomplete occupancy data, the system comprising:
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memory which stores; for each of a set of times; payment data received for a set of stalls; and occupancy data received for the set of stalls, the set of stalls including a reporting subset of the stalls which report occupancy and a non-reporting subset of stalls which do not report occupancy, the occupancy data being acquired from the reporting subset; and instructions for computing an estimate of a time integral of a function of occupancy based on the payment data and occupancy data for each of the set of times; and a processor in communication with the memory for executing the instructions.
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21. A method for inferring occupancy information for a set of parking spaces based on incomplete occupancy data, the method comprising:
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for each of a set of times in a series of times; acquiring payment data for each parking space in a set of parking spaces; and acquiring occupancy data from only a subset of parking spaces which include occupancy sensors, the set of parking spaces including a subset of parking spaces which do not include occupancy sensors; with a processor, computing an estimate of occupancy of the set of parking spaces over the series of times based on the payment data and occupancy data for each of the set of times; and outputting information based on the estimate.
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