Where you go tells who you are -- and vice versa

(Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science) Mining data to analyze tracking patterns, Civil Engineering Prof Sharon Di can infer the population travel demand level in a region from the trajectories of just a portion of travelers. She found three distinct groups whose demographics she could infer based on their travel patterns: seniors, who travel to a wider variety of places in a day; workers, who stay mostly at work or at home; parents, who visit more individual places in a day.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news