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Reflecting Human Knowledge Of Place And Route-Choice Behavior Using Big Data, Jiaoli Chen
Reflecting Human Knowledge Of Place And Route-Choice Behavior Using Big Data, Jiaoli Chen
Doctoral Dissertations
Exploring human knowledge of geographical space and related behavior not only helps in understanding human-environment interactions and dynamic geographic processes, but also advances Geographic Information Systems (GIS) toward a human-centric paradigm to make daily life more efficient. Today’s relatively easy acquisition of various big data provides an unprecedented opportunity for geographers to answer research questions that previously could not be adequately addressed. However, new challenges also arise regarding data quality and bias as well as change in methodology for dealing with big data that are different from traditional data types.
Representing people’s perception of place and studying driver’s route-choice behavior …