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Model-Based Count Series Clustering for Bike Sharing System Usage Mining: A Case Study with the Vélib’ System of Paris

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Oukhellou LatifaAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST), Volume 5, Issue 3

Article No.: 39, Pages 1 - 21

https://doi.org/10.1145/2560188

Published: 28 July 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Today, more and more bicycle sharing systems (BSSs) are being introduced in big cities. These transportation systems generate sizable transportation data, the mining of which can reveal the underlying urban phenomenon linked to city dynamics. This article presents a statistical model to automatically analyze the trip data of a bike sharing system. The proposed solution partitions (i.e., clusters) the stations according to their usage profiles. To do so, count series describing the stations’s usage through departure/arrival counts per hour throughout the day are built and analyzed. The model for processing these count series is based on Poisson mixtures and introduces a station scaling factor that handles the differences between the stations’s global usage. Differences between weekday and weekend usage are also taken into account. This model identifies the latent factors that shape the geography of trips, and the results may thus offer insights into the relationships between station neighborhood type (its amenities, its demographics, etc.) and the generated mobility patterns. In other words, the proposed method brings to light the different functions in different areas that induce specific patterns in BSS data. These potentials are demonstrated through an in-depth analysis of the results obtained on the Paris Vélib’ large-scale bike sharing system.

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cover image ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology Volume 5, Issue 3

Special Section on Urban Computing

September 2014

361 pages

ISSN:2157-6904

EISSN:2157-6912

DOI:10.1145/2648782

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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

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Published: 28 July 2014

Accepted: 01 November 2013

Revised: 01 March 2013

Received: 01 October 2012

Published in TIST Volume 5, Issue 3

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