Petrolwatch: Using mobile phones for sharing petrol prices

Dong, Y; Blazeski, L; Sullivan, D; Kanhere, S; Chou, CT

Petrolwatch: Using mobile phones for sharing petrol prices

Dong, Y

Blazeski, L Sullivan, D Kanhere, S Chou, CT

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Citation:: 2009
Issue Date:: 2009-06-24

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dc.contributor.author	Dong, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7995-9657
dc.contributor.author	Blazeski, L
dc.contributor.author	Sullivan, D
dc.contributor.author	Kanhere, S
dc.contributor.author	Chou, CT
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-16T12:11:43Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-16T12:11:43Z
dc.date.issued	2009-06-24
dc.identifier.citation	2009
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/167379
dc.description.abstract	Price dispersion of homogeneous goods is widely prevalent in our economy. For instance, on 18 January 2008, around 9pm, two service stations in Roseville, Sydney, that are less than 1 km apart, were selling unleaded fuel at 1.359 and 1.439 Australian dollars per litre. Consumers who have access to the pricing information can benefit economically (e.g., a 5.5% saving in the above scenario). Several websites such as GasBuddy,motormouth1 enable consumers to compare fuel prices. However, the fuel price information is collected manually, by volunteers or employees, which is cumbersome, error-prone and not up-to-date. In this demo, we will demonstrate the operation of our PetrolWatch system [2], [3], which automatically collects fuel prices using camera phones. This is the first instance of applying participatory sensing [1] in sharing consumer pricing information.
dc.language	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title	Petrolwatch: Using mobile phones for sharing petrol prices
dc.type	Poster
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-03-16T12:11:42Z

Abstract:

Price dispersion of homogeneous goods is widely prevalent in our economy. For instance, on 18 January 2008, around 9pm, two service stations in Roseville, Sydney, that are less than 1 km apart, were selling unleaded fuel at 1.359 and 1.439 Australian dollars per litre. Consumers who have access to the pricing information can benefit economically (e.g., a 5.5% saving in the above scenario). Several websites such as GasBuddy,motormouth1 enable consumers to compare fuel prices. However, the fuel price information is collected manually, by volunteers or employees, which is cumbersome, error-prone and not up-to-date. In this demo, we will demonstrate the operation of our PetrolWatch system [2], [3], which automatically collects fuel prices using camera phones. This is the first instance of applying participatory sensing [1] in sharing consumer pricing information.

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