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An Empirical Study of Geographic User Activity Patterns in Foursquare

Authors

Anastasios Noulas,Salvatore Scellato,Cecilia Mascolo,Massimiliano Pontil

University of Cambridge,University of Cambridge,University of Cambridge,University College London


Proceedings:

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 5

Volume

Issue:

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

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Poster Papers

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Abstract:

We present a large-scale study of user behavior in Foursquare, conducted on a dataset of about 700 thousand users that spans a period of more than 100 days. We analyze user checkin dynamics, demonstrating how it reveals meaningful spatio-temporal patterns and offers the opportunity to study both user mobility and urban spaces. Our aim is to inform on how scientific researchers could utilise data generated in Location-based Social Networks to attain a deeper understanding of human mobility and how developers may take advantage of such systems to enhance applications such as recommender systems.

DOI:

10.1609/icwsm.v5i1.14175


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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media