Application of Information Systems and Technologies in Transport

Abstract

The use of information systems in transport is crucial for the construction, maintenance, formation, management and use of different types of transport services. They make it possible to achieve a comprehensive coverage of the different modes of transport, based on current regulatory and legal requirements in terms of technology, and financial considerations. This opens the possibility to manage various activities related to the optimization of travel and their quality, as well as to collect data in order to optimize, manage and minimize transport costs in road, water, air and rail transport systems. In this sense, an information system is one that, in the form of interconnected components, covers all forms of collecting, storing, retrieving, processing and providing information about the organization concerned. For this reason, the tendency in their development and implementation determines an aspiration for presentation at a new higher level capable of providing increased efficiency, precision and validity of management decisions. In this respect, the present paper examines the creation of a mathematical model allowing the intensification of rail passenger transport by introducing their baseline indicators in an information system, which is a basic trend for European countries. This model was used to create an information system allowing to solve a two-hierarchical optimization problem for train management between Sofia and Varna.