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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Conduent Business Services, Llc, Florham Park, NJ (US);
John C. Handley, Fairport, NY (US);
Conduent Business Services, LLC, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for managing fare collection in a public transit network may include a fare collection system and a fare management system. The fare collection may collect fare information from passengers boarding or getting off a vehicle. The fare management system may use the received fare information to determine a fare return series over a period of time, which includes multiple fare returns. The fare management system may use a hierarchical cluster method to cluster multiple fare returns into one or more clusters represented in a dendrogram, apply a 'silhouette' method to the dendrogram and obtain an optimal clustering. The system may further output a graphic representation, such as a trend line, for each of the clusters over a time period. Based on the clustering results, the system may also deploy a revised fare class schedule or transit system schedule to the fare collection system.