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Understanding the impact of temporal scale on human movement analytics

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  • Rongxiang Su

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

  • Somayeh Dodge

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

  • Konstadinos G. Goulias

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

Abstract

Movement is manifested through a series of patterns at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Movement data today are becoming available at increasingly fine-grained temporal granularity. These observations often represent multiple behavioral modes and complex patterns along the movement path. However, the relationships between the observation scale of movement data and the analysis scales at which movement patterns are captured remain understudied. This article aims at investigating the role of temporal scale in movement data analytics. It takes up an important question of “how do decisions surrounding the scale of movement data and analyses impact our inferences about movement patterns?” Through a set of computational experiments in the context of human movement, we take a systematic look at the impact of varying temporal scales on common movement analytics techniques including trajectory analytics to calculate movement parameters (e.g., speed, path tortuosity), estimation of individual space usage, and interactions analysis to detect potential contacts between multiple mobile individuals.

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  • Rongxiang Su & Somayeh Dodge & Konstadinos G. Goulias, 2022. "Understanding the impact of temporal scale on human movement analytics," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 353-388, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:jgeosy:v:24:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s10109-021-00370-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10109-021-00370-6
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