Understanding monthly variability in human activity spaces: A twelve-month study using mobile phone call detail records

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-135

  Järv, Olle ^a,b   Ahas, Rein ^a   Witlox, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity space; Estonia; Longitudinal data; Mobile phone data; Monthly variability; Spatial behaviour

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ACTIVITY SPACES; ESTONIA; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MOBILE PHONE DATUM; MONTHLY VARIABILITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOUR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84889565652     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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