Viewpoint: Is human mobility tracking a good idea?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 35-37

  Soper, Daniel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING COMMUNITY; COSTS AND BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR; HUMAN MOBILITY; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES; MOVEMENT PATTERN; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD; SOCIAL BENEFITS; TRACKING CAPABILITY; WIDE AREA; WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE PHONES; RADIOLOGY; SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84861159293     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2133806.2133819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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