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01-12-2016 | Original Article

Influence of social relations on human mobility and sociality: a study of social ties in a cellular network

Authors: Santi Phithakkitnukoon, Zbigniew Smoreda

Published in: Social Network Analysis and Mining | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Personal networks can influence human behavior in many aspects. This article presents a correlation analysis of social tie strength and individual behavior concerning mobility and sociality. The study uses a large-scale mobile phone data (110,213 subjects) from which behavior indicators for both mobility and sociality are inferred and used for the analysis. Mobility diversity, dispersion, and range are considered as mobility behavior indicators. Call frequency, call duration, and degree (number of social ties) are considered for sociality. The results show that people tend to have a more similar behavior with their closer ties for most of considered individual behavior indicators, except for the mobility dispersion.
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Metadata
Title
Influence of social relations on human mobility and sociality: a study of social ties in a cellular network
Authors
Santi Phithakkitnukoon
Zbigniew Smoreda
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Social Network Analysis and Mining / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 1869-5450
Electronic ISSN: 1869-5469
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-016-0351-z

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