The Application of Data Mining Technologies on Commercial Vehicle GPS Data - A Case Study on Formosa Plastics Transport Corp., Taiwan

摘要

The cost of commercial vehicle operation includes fuel, vehiclepurchase/replacement/maintenance, and driver/staff, ...,etc.Among these costs, fuel is theone that is not only cost-concerned but also environment-concerned. The fuelconsumption is highly correlated with the vehicle traveling distance and driving behaviorpatterns and the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the vehicle operations is onemajor contributing factor to the greenhouse effect that all human beings are suffering.How to utilize vehicles more efficiently in terms of time and travelling distance andreduce the carbon dioxide emission has become an important issue. Not to mention thatmany countries / areas have taken acts such as new laws for emission limitations toprotect the environment.Advanced technologies such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) can generate thereal-time location information of commercial vehicles. These data, analyzed byappropriate data mining technologies, can be used for fleet management systems such as