Learning latent characteristics of locations using location-based social networking data

• Main Author: DOAN, Thanh Nam
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Social Network; Data mining; Location-based social network; User movement; Neighbour competition; Area attraction; OS and Networks; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/176; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This dissertation addresses the modeling of latent characteristics of locations to describe the mobility of users of location-based social networking platforms. With many users signing up location-based social networking platforms to share their daily activities, these platforms become a gold mine f...