1 / 39

G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System

CS 410 Orange Team Milestone Presentation November 15, 2010. G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System. Presentation Outline. CS 410 Personnel. Dr. Stephan Olariu Technical Consultant. Dr. Irwin Levinstein Database Consultant. ROAD TRIP!. On the way…. Or Maybe…. Sample Process.

diep
Télécharger la présentation

G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. CS 410 Orange Team Milestone Presentation November 15, 2010 G.A.S.Geographical Auto-Delivery System CS 410 Orange Team

  2. Presentation Outline CS 410 Orange Team

  3. CS 410 Personnel Dr. Stephan Olariu Technical Consultant Dr. Irwin Levinstein Database Consultant CS 410 Orange Team

  4. ROAD TRIP! CS 410 Orange Team

  5. On the way… CS 410 Orange Team

  6. Or Maybe… CS 410 Orange Team

  7. Sample Process Start Trip Frustration, Behind/Late Stop For Gas Stop For Dinner Anger, Broke No idea where food is Expensive Gas Prices Road Rage Terrible Trip CS 410 Orange Team 7

  8. Sample Process CS 410 Orange Team 8

  9. Problem Lack of knowledge increases frustration and inefficiency while traveling. CS 410 Orange Team

  10. Characteristics of Problem • Amount of money spent traveling • Time on the road due to traffic • No idea where anything is • Distracted driving due to non automated notification applications CS 410 Orange Team

  11. Travel Related Expenditures 10 % Points of Interest 44% Transportation 23% Lodging 23% Food & Drinks Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics CS 410 Orange Team

  12. Frequent Travelers and Trip Cost • “In 2008, the average U.S. household spends about $1,415 on transportation, lodging, food and drinks, and points of interest while on vacation and pleasure trips”1 • “U.S. Travel Association forecasts [this year] that there will be 450.9 million business trips in the U.S. and up to 480 million in 2012”2 Sources: 1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and 2. U.S. Travel Association CS 410 Orange Team

  13. Trip Cost Cutting • In 2009, National Business Travel Association states, in regards to travel management, “Among the top ten cost cutting measures, number 1 is reducing non-essential travel and number 10 is reducing prices of hotel bookings.” Source: National Business Travel Association CS 410 Orange Team

  14. Travel Costs Continue to Increase CS 410 Orange Team

  15. Wasting Everything • In 2007, wasted time in traffic totaled 4.2 billion hours • Total amount of wasted fuel topped 2.8 billion gallons • Overall cost based on wasted fuel and lost productivity reached $87.2 billion Source: Texas Transportation Institute CS 410 Orange Team

  16. Distracted Driving • 4 out of every 5 accidents are attributed to distracted drivers. • In 2008, almost 6,000 people were killed and 500,000 were injured in crashes related to driver distraction. Source: Edgar Snyder & Associates CS 410 Orange Team

  17. How can we fix this? G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System CS 410 Orange Team

  18. Goals • Save time and money for the travelers • Make money for the businesses CS 410 Orange Team

  19. How G.A.S. Helps! Start Trip Traffic G.A.S. Avoid Traffic Expensive Gas Prices G.A.S. Stop For Gas Cheap Gas Stop For Dinner No idea where food is Favorite Restaurant G.A.S. CS 410 Orange Team 19

  20. G.A.S. CS 410 Orange Team

  21. Milestones CS 410 Orange Team

  22. GUIs CS 410 Orange Team

  23. Algorithm CS 410 Orange Team

  24. WBS CS 410 Orange Team

  25. Website Competition CS 410 Orange Team

  26. AnDroid Competition CS 410 Orange Team

  27. iPhone Competition CS 410 Orange Team

  28. G.A.S. Cannot Provide Find businesses not located in the database Automatically create a user profile Tell you if the point of interest you are driving to is worth the trip CS 410 Orange Team 28

  29. Benefits to the Business Customer • Substantial increase in visitors to attractions and points of interest in lesser known areas • Increased profit for small gas station owners and large chains alike • Fast food chain and family restaurant profit increase • Hotel chains increase profit CS 410 Orange Team 29

  30. Benefits to the Traveling Customer Quicker travel to locations Avoid traffic, road and weather problems Find places to eat easier Explore and enjoy popular attractions and points of interest within an unknown area Less money spent on travel overall CS 410 Orange Team 30

  31. Risk Analysis CS 410 Orange Team 31

  32. Risk Mitigation • Privacy/Security (U1): Wireless Encryption, Password, Firewalls, etc. • Business Fraud (U2): Business Agreement • Distracted Driving (L1): Text to Speech system • Data mining/scraping (L2): Service Level Agreement (SLA). • Business Participation (F1): Marketing Plan, Viral Marketing. CS 410 Orange Team

  33. Risk Mitigations • Server Load (T1): Topology based design, Concurrent design. • Business Participation (S1): Marketing Plan CS 410 Orange Team

  34. Budgeting CS 410 Orange Team

  35. Market Analysis • Bilal Syed, RaceCoast gas station owner, stated he is willing to pay $50/month for service. • Dr. Olariu said he is willing to pay, as a traveler, $15/month. • Popular services, which provide traffic updates, gas prices, weather reports, and news info • MSN Direct : $29.95 Monthly • XM Nav Traffic : $9.94 to $16.94 Monthly • FM Traffic : $49.99 Monthly CS 410 Orange Team

  36. A Happy Ending CS 410 Orange Team

  37. Remember… You can’t get anywhere without G.A.S. CS 410 Orange Team

  38. References • United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics • http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2010/travel/ • U.S. Travel Association: U.S. Travel Forecast Charts • http://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/page/2009/09/ForecastSummary.pdf • National Business Travel Association • http://www2.nbta.org/Lists/Resource% 20Library/NBTA2009Forecast.pdf  • Edgar Snyder & Associates: Car Accident Cell Phone Statistics • http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html • Texas Transportation Institute: Economic Factors Tap the Brakes on Traffic Congestion • http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/media_information/press_release.stm CS 410 Orange Team

  39. Image Credits • Family, Slide 4 • http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/15911-43med.jpg • Business Man, Slide 4 • http://www.gnurf.net/v3/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/031-busy-business-man.png • Restroom Sign, Slide 5 • http://happyberfdaytome.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/restroom_sign.jpg • Fast Food Chains, Slide 5 • http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/11/16-22/fast-food-logos.gif • Dollar Sign, Slide 5 • http://pslawnet.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dollar-sign.jpg • Clock, Slide 5 • http://www.webeden.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/real-time-search.jpg • Traffic (HRBT), Slide 6 • http://i.ytimg.com/vi/S0-GSHdQxII/0.jpg • Vacation Family, Slide 47 • http://www.toonpool.com/user/496/files/vacation_50845.jpg • Business Man, Slide 47 • http://us.cdn4.123rf.com/168nwm/yayayoy/yayayoy1006/yayayoy100600039.jpg CS 410 Orange Team

More Related