De-noising scheduled transportation data

US8779949B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Eric Bouillet · Hawthorne, US
• Francesco Calabrese · Sollentuna, SE
• Fabio Pinelli · Dublin, IE
• Olivier Versheure · Hopewell Junction, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for de-noising data in a scheduled transportation system, the method includes receiving a plurality of digital traces that correspond to a piece of equipment in the scheduled transportation system. The method also includes identifying a plurality of journeys from the plurality of digital traces, wherein each of the plurality of journeys corresponds to the piece of equipment traversing one of a plurality of routes and generating a route map and schedule for the scheduled transportation system from the plurality of journeys and the plurality of digital traces.