G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System

G.A.S.Geographical Auto-Delivery System

CS 410 Orange TeamMilestone PresentationNovember 15, 2010

15 November 2010 CS 410 Orange Team 1

Presentation Outline


CS 410 Personnel


John Knox Project

ManagerMilestone

ExpertRyan School

Database Specialist

Yousef Aloumi

Risk AnalystDatabase Specialist

Ben CawrseWebmasterDatabase Specialist

Alvin FaganSoftware Engineer

Marrissa WebsterDocumentation

SpecialistFinancial Specialist

Rebecca Cooper

Marketing and Customer Specialist

Dr. Stephan Olariu

Technical Consultant

Dr. Irwin Levinstein

Database Consultant

ROAD TRIP!


On the way…


Or Maybe…


Sample Process

7

Start Trip

Stop For Dinner

Anger,Broke

Expensive Gas Prices

Frustration,

Behind/Late

Stop For Gas

No idea where food

is

Road Rage Terrible Trip

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Sample Process


Problem

Lack of knowledge increases frustration and inefficiency

while traveling.


Characteristics of Problem

Amount of money spent traveling

Time on the road due to traffic

No idea where anything is

Distracted driving due to non automated notification applications


Travel Related Expenditures


10 %Points of Interest

23%Lodging

23%Food & Drinks

44%Transportation

Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics

Frequent Travelers and Trip Cost

“In 2008, the average U.S. household spends about $1,415 on transportation, lodging, food and drinks, and points of interest while on vacation and pleasure trips”1

“U.S. Travel Association forecasts [this year] that there will be 450.9 million business trips in the U.S. and up to 480 million in 2012”2

Sources: 1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and 2. U.S. Travel Association


Trip Cost Cutting

In 2009, National Business Travel Association states, in regards to travel management, “Among the top ten cost cutting measures, number 1 is reducing non-essential travel and number 10 is reducing prices of hotel bookings.”

Source: National Business Travel Association


Travel Costs Continue to Increase


Wasting Everything

In 2007, wasted time in traffic totaled 4.2 billion hours

Total amount of wasted fuel topped 2.8 billion gallons

Overall cost based on wasted fuel and lost productivity reached $87.2 billion

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Distracted Driving

4 out of every 5 accidents are attributed to distracted drivers.

In 2008, almost 6,000 people were killed and 500,000 were injured in crashes related to driver distraction.

Source: Edgar Snyder & Associates


How can we fix this?

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Geographical Auto-Delivery System

Goals

Save time and money for the travelers

Make money for the businesses


How G.A.S. Helps!

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Start Trip

Stop For Dinner

Avoid Traffic

Expensive Gas Prices

Traffic

Stop For Gas

No idea where food

is

G.A.S.

Cheap Gas

G.A.S.

G.A.S.

Favorite Restaurant


G.A.S.


Milestones


GUIs


Algorithm


WBS


Website Competition


Websites GAS Gas Buddy Mapquest MSN Autos AAA

User Profile

Autonomous

Real-Time

Gas Prices X X X X X

Map X X X X

Traffic X X XPoints of Interest X X XPhone

Application X

AnDroid Competition


AnDroid Apps GAS Where TripIt WeatherBug Waze

User Profile X

Autonomous X

Real-Time X X

Gas Prices X X

Restaurants X X X

Traffic X X X

Hotels X X X Points of Interest X X

Weather X X X X

iPhone Competition


iPhone Apps GAS AroundMe Cheap

Gas Yelp UrbanSpoon

Google Earth

User Profile X

Autonomous X

Real-Time X

Gas Prices X X X

Restaurants X X X X X

Traffic X Points of Interest X X X

Hotels X X

G.A.S. Cannot Provide

Find businesses not located in the database

Automatically create a user profile

Tell you if the point of interest you are driving to is worth the trip


Benefits to the Business Customer

Substantial increase in visitors to attractions and points of interest in lesser known areas

Increased profit for small gas station owners and large chains alike

Fast food chain and family restaurant profit increase

Hotel chains increase profit


Benefits to the Traveling Customer

Quicker travel to locationsAvoid traffic, road and weather

problemsFind places to eat easier Explore and enjoy popular

attractions and points of interest within an unknown area

Less money spent on travel overall


Risk Analysis

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Risk Matrix

Probability

Impact

Very High High Low Unlikely

Very High L2, F1, S1 T2

High L1 U2, T1

Low U1

Very Low

Risk Matrix Legend

User

U1 Privacy/Security

U2 Business Fraud

Legal

L1 Distracted Driving

L2 Data Mining/Scraping

Financial

F1 Business Participation

Technical

T1 Server Load

T2 Existing Phone Applications

Schedule

S1 Business Participation


Risk Mitigation

Privacy/Security (U1): Wireless Encryption, Password, Firewalls, etc.

Business Fraud (U2): Business Agreement

Distracted Driving (L1): Text to Speech system

Data mining/scraping (L2): Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Business Participation (F1): Marketing Plan, Viral Marketing.


Risk Mitigations

Server Load (T1): Topology based design, Concurrent design.

Business Participation (S1): Marketing Plan


Budgeting


Market Analysis Bilal Syed, RaceCoast gas station owner,

stated he is willing to pay $50/month for service.

Dr. Olariu said he is willing to pay, as a traveler, $15/month.

Popular services, which provide traffic updates, gas prices, weather reports, and news info MSN Direct : $29.95 Monthly XM Nav Traffic : $9.94 to $16.94 Monthly FM Traffic : $49.99 Monthly


A Happy Ending


Remember…

You can’t get anywhere without

G.A.S.


References United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2010/travel/ U.S. Travel Association: U.S. Travel Forecast Charts

http://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/page/2009/09/ForecastSummary.pdf

National Business Travel Association http://www2.nbta.org/Lists/Resource%

20Library/NBTA2009Forecast.pdf Edgar Snyder & Associates: Car Accident Cell Phone Statistics

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html Texas Transportation Institute: Economic Factors Tap the

Brakes on Traffic Congestion http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/media_information/press_release.stm


Image Credits Family, Slide 4

http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/15911-43med.jpg Business Man, Slide 4

http://www.gnurf.net/v3/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/031-busy-business-man.png

Restroom Sign, Slide 5 http://happyberfdaytome.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/

restroom_sign.jpg Fast Food Chains, Slide 5

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/11/16-22/fast-food-logos.gif

Dollar Sign, Slide 5 http://pslawnet.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dollar-sign.jpg

Clock, Slide 5 http://www.webeden.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/real-time-

search.jpg Traffic (HRBT), Slide 6

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/S0-GSHdQxII/0.jpg Vacation Family, Slide 47

http://www.toonpool.com/user/496/files/vacation_50845.jpg Business Man, Slide 47

http://us.cdn4.123rf.com/168nwm/yayayoy/yayayoy1006/yayayoy100600039.jpg


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