Simulating urban patterns of life: A geo-social data generation framework

Joon Seok Kim, Hamdi Kavak, Umar Manzoor, Andrew Crooks, Dieter Pfoser, Carola Wenk, Andreas Züfle

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Abstract

Data generators have been heavily used in creating massive trajectory datasets to address common challenges of real-world datasets, including privacy, cost of data collection, and data quality. However, such generators often overlook social and physiological characteristics of individuals and as such their results are often limited to simple movement patterns. To address these shortcomings, we propose an agent-based simulation framework that facilitates the development of behavioral models in which agents correspond to individuals that act based on personal preferences, goals, and needs within a realistic geographical environment. Researchers can use a drag-and-drop interface to design and control their own world including the geospatial and social (i.e. geo-social) properties. The framework is capable of generating and streaming very large data that captures the basic patterns of life in urban areas. Streaming data from the simulation can be accessed in real time through a dedicated API.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2019
EditorsFarnoush Banaei-Kashani, Goce Trajcevski, Ralf Hartmut Guting, Lars Kulik, Shawn Newsam
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages576-579
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781450369091
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 5 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2019 - Chicago, United States
Duration: Nov 5 2019Nov 8 2019

Publication series

NameGIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Conference

Conference27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period11/5/1911/8/19

Funding

Thiswork was supported by the DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under cooperative agreement No.HR00111820005 and the National Science Foundation Grants CCF-1637541 and CCF-1637576. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. Such an addition is planned to be abstracted from model design so the framework users should not be affected by it. (3) Once the model builder is enriched, we will develop a patterns of life model that produces plausible behaviors of mobility. We will share the generated datasets with the scientific community. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under cooperative agreement No.HR00111820005 and the National Science Foundation Grants CCF-1637541 and CCF-1637576. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. REFERENCES

FundersFunder number
DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency
National Science Foundation1637576, 1637541, CCF-1637576, CCF-1637541
Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyNo.HR00111820005

    Keywords

    • Agent-based simulation
    • Data generator
    • Human behavior
    • Spatial network
    • trajectory data

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