An analysis of visitors’ behavior in the louvre museum: A study using bluetooth data

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1113-1131

  Yoshimura, Yuji ^a   Sobolevsky, Stanislav ^a   Ratti, Carlo ^a   Girardin, Fabien ^b   Carrascal, Juan Pablo ^c   Blat, Josep ^c   Sinatra, Roberta ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Near Future Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetooth tracking; Building morphology; Human mobility; Museum studies; Visitor behavior

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILITY; MUSEUM; SENSOR;

EID: 84919335330     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b130047p     Document Type: Article

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