Determining and ev
Determining and evaluating the requirements of ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) implementation in Iran road transport
Mahdi Ahmadipanah1, Omid Jalilian2 (Corresponding Author), Seyed Reza Hasani3, Hamid Jalilian4, Hossein Jalilian4
1- Department of Business Management, payamenoor University, P.O. box 19395-3697 Tehran, i. r of Iran
2- Department of Accounting, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
3- Department of Business Management, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
4- Department of Business Management, Eslamabad-E-Gharb Branch, Islamic Azad University, Eslamabad-E-Gharb, Iran
Abstract: Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is a collection of amazing achievement of information technology in transportation which has transformed quality of people’s lives as well as transportation management. Its use is essential given the increasing population and traffic increase. To take advantage of it is necessary to identify the main requirements of this system as its first architecture level given the area and location of its implementation and then the implementation conditions of next architecture levels is provided by determining the importance of each requirement and their components. This paper aims to determine and prioritize the requirements of architecture deployment of intelligent Transportation System in Iran and from the perspective of exports of this system in organizations in charge; thus, the statistical population is all export and specialists of ITS in seven organizations and companies involved and responsible in this field. For this purpose, 3 types of requirements have been introduced according to the research model: 1. the managerial structure; 2. Necessary contexts; 3. Technological requirements, and several indices have been proposed for each factor. The research method is descriptive-applied; and questionnaire and paired comparisons matrix have been used for collecting the required data, and SPSS software has been used for statistical analysis of information. The indices weights have been obtained using AHP method. In this study five research hypotheses have been proposed to investigate the existing and optimal conditions for deploying it; after the investigation, it was indicated that among the three introduced requirements in the model, the first and important priority in its implementation is managerial structure. It is worth mentioning that all three types of requirements are needed for implementing this project.
[Mahdi Ahmadipanah, Omid Jalilian, Seyed Reza Hasani, Hamid Jalilian, Hossein Jalilian. Determining and evaluating the requirements of ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) implementation in Iran road transport. Life Sci J 2013;10(1):9-18] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 2
Keywords: intelligent transportation system, system requirements, system architecture