Web service platform for automatic generation of O/D matrix

Abstract

Transportation planning is an important process to support the mobility of the cities, which is a growing problem in several Latin American countries. To face this problem, a normal transportation tool has been used, even until now, and it is known as the origin/destination (O/D) matrix. This matrix allows estimation of the movement of users and future demand on the transportation system and helps improve the planning, travel allocation, and routes of transportation. The novelty of this paper is focused on the design and implementation of a web service platform that can construct automatically the O/D matrix. This platform takes advantage of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach and web and mobile applications for the construction of this matrix. In addition, the system is used for public transportation system and takes advantage of Bluetooth technology as a very good approach to construct this matrix.