Regularly visited patches in human mobility

Authors:
Yan Qu;Jun Zhang
Affiliations:
placenous.com, Hamden, Connecticut, USA;Pitney Bowes Inc., Shelton, Connecticut, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new analytic unit for human mobility analysis -- the patch. We developed a process to identify Regularly Visited Patches (RVP) and a set of metrics to characterize and measure their spatial patterns. Using a large dataset of Foursquare check-ins as a test bed, we show that RVP analysis reveals fundamental patterns of human mobility and will lead to promising research with strong implications for businesses.