Androidスマートフォンを用いた移動販売支援システム「お買い物アプリ」の提案

摘要

Recently, the support for disadvantaged shoppers is a social problem. Because the problem is very serious in depopulated areas and mountainous areas, the local government has to take drastic measures to improvethe situation. We are developing the smartphone based support system for the retailer which offers a wide variety of services meeting the needs of the shopping-challenged. In the system, the information for various items such as daily food and commodity are exchanged on the SNS. Sincethe system also uses the Google cloud service, we can use it without server system. Moreover, the system can search forthe optimal route for the distribution to customers by the Ant Colony Optimization(ACO) for Traveling Salesman Problem(TSP).