Title :
Traffic Congestion and Social Media in China
Author :
Ke Zeng ; Wenli Liu ; Xiao Wang ; Songhang Chen
Author_Institution :
Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Research on social media has been applied to various academic fields. During this year´s Chinese National Holiday traffic congestion event, online users showed great enthusiasm on social media, such as forums, Weibo, communities, and other platforms. This article describes the construction of a dynamic evolution network, analyzes the transformation of online users´ concentration, and studies the geographic distribution of travelers by analyzing online users´ attributes.
Keywords :
road traffic; social networking (online); Chinese National Holiday traffic congestion event; dynamic evolution network; geographic traveller distribution; online user attributes; online user concentration transformation; online users; social media; China; Online services; Social network services; Telecommunication network management; Telecommunication traffic; Chinese National Holiday; Weibo; dynamic evolution network; online forums; social media; traffic congestion;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2013.23