Integration of an Information-Software Complex into a Virtual Road-Transport Enterprise

Abstract

The paper presents the design and integration of the information-software complex “IdenMonDiaOperCon HNADU-16” into a virtual road-transport enterprise intended for remote monitoring, diagnostics and forecasting of the technical state of small-size vehicle fleets. The complex fuses OBD-II diagnostics, GPS tracking and road-condition data delivered by the CarLife and Torque mobile modules into a relational database structured around the semantic key “time of data acquisition”. A morphological synthesis was applied to generate the system architecture comprising seven information clusters and sixty elements, thereby ensuring adaptability to diverse operating conditions. Field tests conducted on a 200 km route produced fuel-consumption and average-speed curves that revealed energy-efficient driving patterns. Implementation of the complex reduced fuel consumption by 8–10 %, shortened the time required to detect critical power-train failures and enabled condition-based maintenance scheduling—benefits of particular importance for private carriers running fleets of one to five vehicles. Scientific originality lies in combining a virtual organisational framework with multi-source monitoring algorithms centred on the temporal dimension, which secures coherent real-time data fusion. The obtained results can be employed in developing management systems for small transport enterprises and in deploying intelligent transport-system concepts within urban logistics.

Keywords: intelligent transport systems, vehicle monitoring, diagnostics, telematics, database, OBD-II, virtual enterprise.