• DocumentCode
    64888
  • 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
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jan.-Feb. 2013
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    77
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2013.23
  • Filename
    6468020