Abstract
The use of rented bicycles as an alternative means of transport has increased relatively in the last years. This increase sets a challenge to the management of shared bicycle fleets that can now be found in the majority of European cities. The main objective of this work is to design a comprehensive system which will monitor bicycle fleets using low-cost sensors. The system allows for the detection of anomalous situations, detecting possible robberies, vehicle abandonment and use of bicycles in prohibited areas. To this end, the use a multi-agent architecture is proposed for the management of the different hardware devices, for tracking, messaging and alerts that are produced by the system.
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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and FEDER funds. Project. SURF: Intelligent System for integrated and sustainable management of urban fleets TIN2015-65515-C4-3-R.
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Méndez, L., Hernández, D., Villarrubia, G., de Paz, J.F. (2017). Multi-agent System for the Control and Monitoring of Shared Bicycle Fleets. In: De Paz, J., Julián, V., Villarrubia, G., Marreiros, G., Novais, P. (eds) Ambient Intelligence– Software and Applications – 8th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2017). ISAmI 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 615. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61118-1_23
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