Information, classification and contestability: A cultural economics approach to Uber’s entry into the taxi industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Economics ◽  
Information Classification ◽  
Taxi Industry

scholarly journals Exploring the Influence of E-Hailing Applications on the Taxi Industry—From the Perspective of the Drivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Yitong Gan ◽  
Hongchao Fan ◽  
Wei Jiao ◽  
Mengqi Sun
Keyword(s):  
Driving Behavior ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Taxi Drivers ◽  
Driving Behaviors ◽  
Taxi Industry ◽  
The Times

In China, the traditional taxi industry is conforming to the trend of the times, with taxi drivers working with e-hailing applications. This reform is of great significance, not only for the taxi industry, but also for the transportation industry, cities, and society as a whole. Our goal was to analyze the changes in driving behavior since taxi drivers joined e-hailing platforms. Therefore, this paper mined taxi trajectory data from Shanghai and compared the data of May 2015 with those of May 2017 to represent the before-app stage and the full-use stage, respectively. By extracting two-trip events (i.e., vacant trip and occupied trip) and two-spot events (i.e., pick-up spot and drop-off spot), taxi driving behavior changes were analyzed temporally, spatially, and efficiently. The results reveal that e-hailing applications mine more long-distance rides and new pick-up locations for drivers. Moreover, driver initiative have increased at night since using e-hailing applications. Furthermore, mobile payment facilities save time that would otherwise be taken sorting out change. Although e-hailing apps can help citizens get taxis faster, from the driver’s perspective, the apps do not reduce their cruising time. In general, e-hailing software reduces the unoccupied ratio of taxis and improves the operating ratio. Ultimately, new driving behaviors can increase the driver’s revenue. This work is meaningful for the formulation of reasonable traffic laws and for urban traffic decision-making.

scholarly journals Mathematical models for information classification and recognition of multi-target optical remote sensing images

Open Physics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 951-960
Author(s):  
Haiqing Zhang ◽  
Jun Han
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Remote Sensing Image ◽  
Optical Remote Sensing ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Image Information ◽  
Information Classification ◽  
Optical Remote Sensing Image

Abstract Traditionally, three-dimensional model is used to classify and recognize multi-target optical remote sensing image information, which can only identify a specific class of targets, and has certain limitations. A mathematical model of multi-target optical remote sensing image information classification and recognition is designed, and a local adaptive threshold segmentation algorithm is used to segment multi-target optical remote sensing image to reduce the gray level between images and improve the accuracy of feature extraction. Remote sensing image information is multi-feature, and multi-target optical remote sensing image information is identified by chaotic time series analysis method. The experimental results show that the proposed model can effectively classify and recognize multi-target optical remote sensing image information. The average recognition rate is more than 95%, the maximum robustness is 0.45, the recognition speed is 98%, and the maximum time-consuming average is only 14.30 s. It has high recognition rate, robustness, and recognition efficiency.

The Study of Differential Pricing Model in Market of Urban Taxi Industry Based on the Zoning Service

2014 ◽  
Vol 587-589 ◽  
pp. 1932-1939
Author(s):  
Qi Yuan Liu ◽  
Liang Jie Xu ◽  
Dan Ying
Keyword(s):  
Load Ratio ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Trip Distribution ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Taxi Service ◽  
Differential Pricing ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Taxi Industry ◽  
Negative Phenomena

In some cities, the zoning operation in taxi service leads to the difference in load ratio and empty return rate in their limited zones. Therefore, some negative phenomena appear such as the instability of drivers’ income and drivers negotiate the price without taximeter. In order to keep a balance between enhancing the drivers’ profit and protecting the passengers’ interests, establishing a differential pricing model based on the characteristics of taxi service in different zones. The operation areas, trip intensity and trip distribution have been taken into consideration about different taxi service zones in the model.

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