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Weather effects on human mobility : a study using multi-channel sequence analysis

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Date
23/05/2018
Author
Brum-Bastos, Vanessa S.
Long, Jed A.
Demsar, Urska
Keywords
Context-aware movement analysis
Context-aware similarity
Human mobility
Human movement
Multi-channel sequence analysis
Context
G Geography (General)
GE Environmental Sciences
H Social Sciences (General)
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Abstract
Widespread availability of geospatial data on movement and context presents opportunities for applying new methods to investigate the interactions between humans and weather conditions. Understanding the influence of weather on human behaviour is of interest for diverse applications, such as urban planning and traffic engineering. The effect of weather on movement behaviour can be explored through Context-Aware Movement Analysis (CAMA), which integrates movement geometry with its context. More specifically, we use multi-channel sequence analysis (MCSA) to represent a person’s movement as a multi-dimensional sequence of states, describing either the type of movement or the state of the environment throughout time. Similar movement patterns can then be identified by comparing and aligning mobility sequences. In this paper we apply CAMA and MCSA to explore weather effects on human movement patterns. Data from a GPS tracking study in a Scottish town of Dunfermline are linked to weather data and converted into multi-channel sequences which are clustered into groups of similar behaviours under specific weather typologies. Our findings show that the CAMA + MCSA method can successfully identify the response of commuters to variations in environmental conditions. We also discuss our findings on how travel modes and time spent at different places are affected by meteorological conditions, mainly wind, but also rainfall, daylight duration, temperature, comfort and relative humidity.
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Brum-Bastos , V S , Long , J A & Demsar , U 2018 , ' Weather effects on human mobility : a study using multi-channel sequence analysis ' , Computers, Environment and Urban Systems , vol. In press . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.05.004
Publication
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.05.004
ISSN
0198-9715
Type
Journal article
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.05.004
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The authors would like to acknowledge SWB (Science Without Borders) - CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) (BEX 13438/13-1) for the financial support during the development of this study.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18993

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