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Advanced Topological Map Matching Algorithm Based on D–S Theory

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Map matching combining vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) with road attribute information has a significant impact on the traffic route guidance. In the current work, an advanced topological map matching algorithm based on the D–S (Dempster–Shafer) theory is proposed to improve the application for the high-density road network. Data cleaning is carried out to delete the apparent errors of original data and to reduce the data sources. Matching features of the GPS point stated four factors, namely the road speed limit, heading, proximity and spatial correlation. These factors are in line with the vehicle travel characteristics. The D–S theory is applied to dynamically estimate the weight of each factor and further to calculate the fusion result in order to increase the proposed algorithm flexibility. An optimization method based on trajectory shape matching is also proposed to filter the candidate point set to enhance the algorithm accuracy. The results established that the data cleaning can eliminate the invalid data up to more than 5% of the collected data; where using the four factors can guarantee the basic demand of the data matching, while the D–S theory and shape matching can effectively improve the matching accuracy. The proposed system achieved an overall algorithm matching accuracy up to 96.5%.

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  1. School of Information Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an, 710064, China

    Xiangmo Zhao, Xin Cheng, Jingmei Zhou & Zhigang Xu

  2. Department of IT, Techno India College of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, 740000, India

    Nilanjan Dey

  3. Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Amira S. Ashour

  4. Department of CSE, PVP Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Suresh Chandra Satapathy

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Zhao, X., Cheng, X., Zhou, J. et al. Advanced Topological Map Matching Algorithm Based on D–S Theory. Arab J Sci Eng 43, 3863–3874 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-017-2569-0

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