G.A.S. Geographical Auto-Delivery System

CS 410 Orange Team 1

G.A.S.Geographical Auto-Delivery System

CS 410 Orange TeamFeasibility PresentationOctober 25, 2010

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Presentation Outline Introduction and Personnel Problem and Characteristics Solution Customer Software/Hardware Competition Cost Risks Team Collaboration Appendices References Image CreditsOct 25, 2010


CS 410 Personnel

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John Knox Project

Manager

Ryan SchoolPublic Relations

Database Specialist

Yousef Aloumi

Forum Administrator

Assistant Webmaster

Ben Cawrse

Webmaster

Alvin FaganSoftware Engineer

Marrissa Webster

Documentation Specialist

Rebecca Cooper

Assistant PMDomain Expert

Dr. Stephan Olariu

Consultant


ROAD TRIP!

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On the way…

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Or Maybe…

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Problem

Traveling in unfamiliar places is troublesome and inefficient

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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 auto-delivery apps

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How much is spent while traveling?

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Travel Related Expenditures10 %

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

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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

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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

Source: Texas Transportation Institute

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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

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Travel Costs Continue to Increase

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How can we fix this?

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Goals

Reduces frustration

Provides automated, real-time updates based on user profile

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What is G.A.S.?

Phone application Automatically pushes information

Traffic/Weather Conditions

Informs the user of indicated points of interest

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G.A.S. Cannot Provide

A stress free car rideCompletely prevent distracted

drivingFind businesses not located in the

databaseAutomatically make a user profileTell you if the point of interest you

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Who can use this?

Primary Customer: Businesses

Secondary Customer: Travelers

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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

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Benefits to the Traveling Customer

Quicker travel to locations Avoid traffic, road and weather

problems Find places to eat easier Explore and enjoy popular

attractions and points of interest within an unknown area

Less money spent on travel overall

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Objectives

Utilize existing phone application technology

Automatically inform traveler of road conditions, traffic reports, and weather

Use a server to push real time updates

Configure GPS coordinates to user profile

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Define constraints of user profile

Develop scenario based algorithm

Cross application development for all smart phones, ensure reliability and capability

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Current Process

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Start Trip

Stop For Dinner

Anger,Broke

Expensive Gas Prices

TrafficFrustratio

n, Behind/La

te

Stop For Gas

No idea where food

is

Road Rage Terrible Trip


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


Hardware

Smart Phone

ServerDatabaseRAM/CPU (Processing Power)Bandwidth

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Software

Apache PHP MySQL JavaME GUI App Interaction

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Major Functional Component Diagram

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Design

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Complexity Diagram

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Algorithm Diagram

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Website Competition

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Websites GAS Gas Buddy Mapquest MSN Autos AAA

Autonomous x

Real-Time X

Gas Prices X X X X X

Map X X X X

Traffic X X XPoints of Interest X X X

Phone Application X


AnDroid Competition

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AnDroid Apps GAS Where TripIt WeatherBug Waze

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

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iPhone Apps GAS AroundMe Cheap

Gas Yelp UrbanSpoon

Google Earth

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


Development

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Component Estimate

Database $100,000

Website for businesses $5,000

Mobile Application $20,000

Total $125,000


Maintenance

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Component Breakdown Estimate

Customer Service 5 x $3,000 $15,000 / monthDatabase/Server 3 x $5,000 $15,000 / monthWebhost $1,000 / monthTotal $31,000 / month


Customer Costs

$50 a month per business 61 are needed to cover monthly costs

$4.99 for each phone application 15,000 will cover cost of development

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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

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User Risks

Privacy/Security

Business Fraud

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Legal Risks

Data mining/scraping

Distracted Driving

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Financial Risks

Business ParticipationNeed Businesses as investors

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Technical Risks

Server Load If the server is overloaded with

requests

Existing Phone Applications Applications add auto-delivery

function

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Schedule Risks

Business Participation

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Risk Analysis

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Risk Matrix

Probability

Impact

Very High High Low Unlikely

Very High L1, F1, S1 T2

High L2 U2, T1

Low U1

Very Low

Risk Matrix Legend

User

U1 Privacy/Security

U2 Business Fraud

Legal

L1 Data Mining/Scraping

L2 Distracted Driving

Financial

F1 Business Participation

Technical

T1 Server Load

T2 Existing Phone Applications

Schedule

S1 Business Participation


Team Management Meetings

Full team once a week on Friday, 4:30 CPI Room Individual member meetings Other groups guidance (web site design) Consultant Meetings and Boss Oversight

Tools Utilized Team Wiki (cs.odu.edu/~410orang/wiki) Team Forum (cs.odu.edu/~410orang/forum) Communication via E-mail, Text Messaging, and

Facebook

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Team Wikihttp://cs.odu.edu/~410orang/wiki

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Team Forumhttp://cs.odu.edu/~410orang/forum

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Appendices A: Dr. Michele Weigle Interview B: Dr. Stephan Olariu Interview C: Asif Khan, Valero Gas Station

Manager, Interview D: Bilal Syed, RaceCoast Gas Station

Chain Owner, Interview E: Group Survey F: Group Survey Results G: Diagrams

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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

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Image Credits 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 Traffic (HRBT), Slide 6

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/S0-GSHdQxII/0.jpg Family, Slide 4

http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/15911-43med.jpg

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Now, Do Not Forget…

You cannot get anywhere without

G.A.S.

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