TAS-TsC: A data-driven framework for Estimating Time of Arrival using Temporal-Attribute-Spatial Tri-space Coordination of truck trajectories

Abstract

Accurately estimating the time of arrival (ETA) for trucks is crucial for optimizing transportation efficiency in logistics. GPS trajectory data provides valuable information for ETA, but challenges arise due to temporal sparsity, variable sequence lengths, and the interdependencies among multiple trucks. To address these issues, we propose the Temporal-Attribute-Spatial Tri-space Coordination (TAS-TsC) framework, which leverages three feature spaces – temporal, attribute, and spatial – to enhance ETA. Our framework consists of a Temporal Learning Module (TLM) that uses state space models to capture temporal dependencies, an Attribute Extraction Module (AEM) that transforms sequential features into structured attribute embeddings, and a Spatial Fusion Module (SFM) that models the interactions among multiple trajectories using graph representation learning. These modules collaboratively learn trajectory embeddings, which are then used by a Downstream Prediction Module (DPM) to estimate arrival times. We validate TAS-TsC on real truck trajectory datasets collected from Shenzhen, China, demonstrating its superior performance compared to existing methods.