Title:	FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND ARCHITECTURE OF A DYNAMIC ROUTING SYSTEM FOR URBAN WASTE COLLECTION USING REAL-TIME INFORMATION
Author(s):	George Asimakopoulos, Sotiris Christodoulou, Andreas Gizas, Vassilis Triantafillou, Giannis Tzimas, Nikos Vasilopoulos
ISBN:	978-989-8533-24-1
Editors:	Pedro Isaías and Bebo White
Year:	2014
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Urban mobility, intelligent transportation systems, architecture, dynamic routing.
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	203
Last Page:	210
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Intelligent transportation systems are a key component for ecologically sustainable development in urban spaces. DynaCargo (Dynamic Cargo Routing on-the-Go) project aims at developing a cargo-centric transport management system and demonstrates it in the case of urban solid waste collection management. DynaCargo extends and expands existing fleet management system functionality in two directions. The first direction is to fuse into the monitoring and decision support process, near real-time waste related information (fill level of waste bins) before garbage truck visits a collection point. Alternatively, if information collection is impossible or not justified on a cost-benefit basis, information regarding previous data is utilized in order to predict waste bins fill status, using data mining technics. The second direction is to encourage end users (i.e. citizens) to participate and become active information producers and act as “prosumers” i.e., information producers and consumers. DynaCargo will utilize low-cost, durable units as RFids, explore alternative network protocols like DTNs and will utilize dedicated dynamic routing algorithms in order to minimize telecommunication and hardware costs. In this paper we summarize the most essential functional requirements and present the major architectural parts of Dynacargo and their decomposition into subsystems and smaller modules.
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