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ACI Consult gets traffic under control with QlikView

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Traffic Monitoring
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	ACI Consult, a member of the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) group, was originally founded to handle ACI operations in the area of transport engineering. Since 2003, the company has been responsible for designing, developing and creating innovative traffic-control services, regional and environmental services, urban furnishings and lowimpact technologies. Among its more innovative initiatives, ACI Consult has been involved in ACITRAFF, a project intended to provide a great many regional bodies with targeted traffic reports in order to analyze traffic patterns and plan infrastructure projects. ACITRAFF monitors traffic flows and uses sensors positioned along the main roadways in order to gather data on the number of vehicles, their speed, their size and traffic congestion, so as to provide accurate, up-to-date traffic information. The ACITRAFF architecture is comprised of peripherals, including active and passive optical sensors, that communicate with one or more dataprocessing centers using a variety of communication networks (phone, cable, radio, GSM, GPRS, etc.). The system gathers data on an ongoing basis and sends it to a central database, which is then used for studies and subsequent traffic planning. Read More
About Customer	ACI Consult is a member of the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) group. The company was originally founded to handle ACI operations in the area of transport engineering. Since 2003, ACI Consult has been responsible for designing, developing and creating innovative traffic-control services, regional and environmental services, urban furnishings and lowimpact technologies. ACI Consult identifies critical issues, arranges for advanced multi-purpose technologies and provides government agencies with solutions that save energy. Among its more innovative initiatives, ACI Consult has been involved in ACITRAFF, a project intended to provide a great many regional bodies with targeted traffic reports in order to analyze traffic patterns and plan infrastructure projects. Read More
Solution	ACI Consult chose to use QlikView’s leading in-memory business analysis suite to manage the innovative ACITRAFF traffic analysis data in real time. QlikView’s strengths include QlikTech’s patented innovative technology, which makes it possible to create a natively multi-dimensional, high-capacity, in-memory associative database that is highly efficient. Therefore, unlike with more conventional OLAP analyses, it is unnecessary to define aggregations, selections, hierarchies or inquiry paths in advance. A specific application was created that uses the basic data gathered by the sensors and analyzes processes. It aggregates this data in order to present a variety of charts and tables to the user, which can then be used to meet any research need in a simple, intuitive manner. The system, which includes a speciallydesigned interface and customizations developed by ACI Consult, makes it possible to monitor traffic flows and to analyze vast quantities of data, such as the total and average number of vehicles, average speeds by day and by night and the level of traffic congestion. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Traffic Monitoring

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

ACI Consult, a member of the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) group, was originally founded to handle ACI operations in the area of transport engineering. Since 2003, the company has been responsible for designing, developing and creating innovative traffic-control services, regional and environmental services, urban furnishings and lowimpact technologies. Among its more innovative initiatives, ACI Consult has been involved in ACITRAFF, a project intended to provide a great many regional bodies with targeted traffic reports in order to analyze traffic patterns and plan infrastructure projects. ACITRAFF monitors traffic flows and uses sensors positioned along the main roadways in order to gather data on the number of vehicles, their speed, their size and traffic congestion, so as to provide accurate, up-to-date traffic information. The ACITRAFF architecture is comprised of peripherals, including active and passive optical sensors, that communicate with one or more dataprocessing centers using a variety of communication networks (phone, cable, radio, GSM, GPRS, etc.). The system gathers data on an ongoing basis and sends it to a central database, which is then used for studies and subsequent traffic planning.

About Customer

ACI Consult is a member of the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) group. The company was originally founded to handle ACI operations in the area of transport engineering. Since 2003, ACI Consult has been responsible for designing, developing and creating innovative traffic-control services, regional and environmental services, urban furnishings and lowimpact technologies. ACI Consult identifies critical issues, arranges for advanced multi-purpose technologies and provides government agencies with solutions that save energy. Among its more innovative initiatives, ACI Consult has been involved in ACITRAFF, a project intended to provide a great many regional bodies with targeted traffic reports in order to analyze traffic patterns and plan infrastructure projects.

Solution

ACI Consult chose to use QlikView’s leading in-memory business analysis suite to manage the innovative ACITRAFF traffic analysis data in real time. QlikView’s strengths include QlikTech’s patented innovative technology, which makes it possible to create a natively multi-dimensional, high-capacity, in-memory associative database that is highly efficient. Therefore, unlike with more conventional OLAP analyses, it is unnecessary to define aggregations, selections, hierarchies or inquiry paths in advance. A specific application was created that uses the basic data gathered by the sensors and analyzes processes. It aggregates this data in order to present a variety of charts and tables to the user, which can then be used to meet any research need in a simple, intuitive manner. The system, which includes a speciallydesigned interface and customizations developed by ACI Consult, makes it possible to monitor traffic flows and to analyze vast quantities of data, such as the total and average number of vehicles, average speeds by day and by night and the level of traffic congestion.

Impact #1	Successfully analyzed traffic data according to specific factors
Impact #2	Interpreted traffic data over various time frames
Impact #3	Leveraged data to improve traffic and transport conditions

Impact #1

Successfully analyzed traffic data according to specific factors

Impact #2

Interpreted traffic data over various time frames

Impact #3

Leveraged data to improve traffic and transport conditions

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ACI Consult gets traffic under control with QlikView

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