Computer-Implemented Method and System for Determining a Deviation of an Estimated Value of an Average Traveling Time for Traveling Along a Section of Route from a Measured Value of a Traveling Time Taken for Traveling Along the Section of Route

A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed, carries out the acts of:

• providing a deviation function such that the deviation function includes a quotient from the estimated value of the average traveling time of the vehicle and the measured value of the traveling time taken for a journey through the section of the route with the vehicle or the other vehicle, wherein
• the deviation function is minimized in dependence on the estimated value of the average traveling time if the arithmetic mean of measured values of traveling times taken for a number of journeys through the section of the route is entered in the deviation function as the estimated value of the average traveling time, and
• if the estimated value of the average traveling time is formed as the multiplication of a constant factor by a function value of a feature vector with at least one attribute that is suitable for an estimate of the average traveling time through the section of the route, the deviation function is minimized in dependence on the constant factor if the arithmetic mean of the quotient from the estimated values of the average traveling times and the measured values of the traveling times taken respectively for a number of journeys through the section of the route gives one;
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• determining the deviation of the estimated value of the average traveling time for traveling along the section of the route from the measured value of the traveling time taken for traveling along the section of the route on the basis of a function value of the deviation function for the estimated value of the average traveling time of the vehicle for traveling along the section of the route with the vehicle.

A system for determining a deviation of an estimated value of an average traveling time of a vehicle for traveling along a section of a route with the vehicle from a measured value of a traveling time taken for traveling along the section of the route with the vehicle or another vehicle, comprising:

• a functional unit, which is configured for providing a deviation function such that the deviation function includes a quotient from the estimated value of the average traveling time of the vehicle and the measured value of the traveling time taken for a journey through the section of the route with the vehicle or the other vehicle, wherein
• the deviation function is minimized in dependence on the estimated value of the average traveling time if the arithmetic mean of the measured values of the traveling times taken for a number of journeys through the section of the route is entered in the deviation function as the estimated value of the average traveling time, and
• if the estimated value of the average traveling time is formed as the multiplication of a constant factor by a function value of a feature vector with at least one attribute that is suitable for an estimate of the average traveling time through the section of the route, the deviation function is minimized in dependence on the constant factor if the arithmetic mean of the quotient from estimated values of average traveling times and the measured values of the traveling times taken respectively for a number of journeys through the section of the route gives one;
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• an assessment unit, which is configured for determining the deviation of the estimated value of the average traveling time for traveling along the section of the route from the measured value of the traveling time taken for traveling along the section of the route on the basis of a function value of the deviation function for the estimated value of the average traveling time of the vehicle (1) for traveling along the section of the route with the vehicle.