Two Advanced Models of the Function of MRT Public Transportation in Taipei

Abstract

Tour traffic prediction is very important in determining the capacity of public transportation and planning new transportation devices, allowing them to be built in accordance with people’s basic needs. From a review of a limited number of studies, the common methods for forecasting tour traffic demand appear to be regression analysis, econometric modeling, time-series modeling, artificial neural networks, and gray theory. In this study, a two-step procedure is used to build a predictive model for public transport. In the first step of this study, regression analysis is used to find the correlations between two or more variables and their associated directions and strength, and the regression function is used to predict future changes. In the second step, the regression analysis and artificial neural network methods are assessed and the results are compared. The artificial neural network is more accurate in prediction than regression analysis. The study results can provide useful references for transportation organizations in the development of business operation strategies for managing sustainable smart cities.

Top-down and bottom-up collaboration as a factor in the technological development of smart city. The example of Taipei

“…Individual elements and infrastructure systems of Taipei have already been described in the scientific literature. Researchers focused, for example, on public security [4], transport [5], education [6], or the role of the Taipei Smart City Project Management Office in the process of the city's technological development [7], and the top-down communication in Taipei [8] has also been analyzed.…”