Benzlim

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Installation

Requirements

Python 2.7.z (z >= 9) (https://www.python.org/downloads/)
Git (https://git-scm.com/downloads)
Python packages
The required python packages can be installed using pipX.Y where X and Y are you majors python versions (pip2.7 for python2.7.*):
- pipX.Y install -r requirements.txt (with admin rights, for a system wide installation) or
- pipX.Y install --user -r requirements.txt (for a user only installation) This will install the following packages (and their dependencies) on your system:
  - coverage
  - numpy >= 1.13.3
  - pandas >= 0.18
  - python-dateutil

Configuration

create a directory InformatiCup with mkdir InformatiCup
change to the InformatiCup directory with cd InformatiCup
create a InformatiCup2018 directory inside InformatiCup with mkdir InformatiCup2018
change to the InformatiCup2018 directory with cd InformatiCup2018
clone the official InformatiCup2018 project from the link InformatiCup2018 inside the InformtatiCup2018 directory with git clone https://github.com/InformatiCup/InformatiCup2018
get back to the InformatiCup directory with cd ..
copy the benzlim project inside the InformatiCup directory

Run

From the InformatiCup directory, run the command: python benzlim -h to get detailed help.
If your InformatiCup2018 folder is not located in the same directory as benzlim, you need to provide the optional argument --informaticup2018-dir when referring to it.
On the first run, the data will be trained, which can take some time.

Please note that the prediction_file needs to have the following format with the three parts between ; being "Use Gasoline prices until this date", "The time for the prediction" and "Gas station ID" respectively:

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS+HH;YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS+HH;GAS_STATION_ID

Example prediction file:

2015-02-10 12:18:01+01;2015-02-15 21:18:01+01;24
2016-03-22 10:42:01+01;2016-03-22 10:43:01+01;46
2016-01-27 03:06:01+01;2016-02-26 18:06:01+01;14038
2015-06-11 14:30:02+02;2015-06-12 07:50:02+02;4160

Please note that the route_file needs to have the following format:

TANK_CAPACITY
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS+HH;GAS_STATION_I

Example route file:

3
2015-08-01 08:00:00+02;10957
2015-08-01 09:55:31+02;11108
2015-08-01 10:27:25+02;11172
2015-08-01 11:02:43+02;11150
2015-08-01 11:48:16+02;11152
2015-08-01 12:20:23+02;11238
2015-08-01 12:52:37+02;11320

Predict

python benzlim predict $prediction_file

Routing with price prediction

python benzlim route $route_file

Routing with predicted prices

python benzlim route -g $predicted_prices $route_file

Train the model

python benzlim train --force

Run the tests

python benzlim test

Run the benchmark

python benzlim benchmark

Run the coverage benchmark

python benzlim coverage

Technical Documentation (German)

If you are interested in the technical aspects of benzlim and want to know more about how the fuel price predictions are done, the technical documentation would be what you are looking for. The text is in German.

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