This study identified 19,831 publications to explore global trends of electronic commerce research during 1996-2012, based on all the subject categories of the SCIE and SSCI. A few significant global trends of EC research were revealed. First, proceedings papers and journal articles were the primary document types, contributing 12,200 and 6,707 publications respectively. Journal articles showed stable upward trends from 1996 to 2012. Second, the top three conferences contributed a 10.6% share of total proceedings papers and the top 20 journals published a 31.1% share of total journal articles. Third, “Computer Science Information Systems”, “Business” and “Computer Science Theory Methods” were the top three most popular subject categories.

Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a typical combinatorial optimization problem. A new type of bionic algorithm-ant colony algorithm is very appropriate to solve Vehicle Routing Problem because of its positive feedback, robustness, parallel computing and collaboration features. In view of the taxi route optimization problem, this article raised the issue of the control of the taxi, by using the Geographic Information System (GIS), through the establishment of the SMS platform and reasonable taxi dispatch control center, combining ant colony algorithm to find the most nearest no-load taxi from the passenger, and giving the no-load taxi the best path to the passenger. Finally this paper use Ant Colony laboratory to give the simulation. By using this way of control, taxis can avoid the no-load problem effectively, so that the human and material resources can also achieve savings.