Spatiotemporal Clustering Analysis of Bicycle Sharing System with Data Mining Approach
The main objective of this study is to explore the spatiotemporal activities pattern of bicycle sharing system by combining together temporal and spatial attributes variables through clustering analysis method. Specifically, three clustering algorithms, i.e., hierarchical clustering, K-means cluster...
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doaj-e2a8a7248e1c48e89c512aac70c478462020-11-25T02:11:58ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892019-05-0110516310.3390/info10050163info10050163Spatiotemporal Clustering Analysis of Bicycle Sharing System with Data Mining ApproachXinwei Ma0Ruiming Cao1Yuchuan Jin2School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaArchitects & Engineers Co. and LTD, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, ChinaSchool of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaThe main objective of this study is to explore the spatiotemporal activities pattern of bicycle sharing system by combining together temporal and spatial attributes variables through clustering analysis method. Specifically, three clustering algorithms, i.e., hierarchical clustering, K-means clustering, expectation maximization clustering, are chosen to group the bicycle sharing stations. The temporal attributes variables are obtained through the statistical analysis of bicycle sharing smart card data, and the spatial attributes variables are quantified by point of interest (POI) data around bicycle sharing docking stations, which reflects the influence of land use on bicycle sharing system. According to the performance of the three clustering algorithms and six cluster validation measures, K-means clustering has been proven as the better clustering algorithm for the case of Ningbo, China. Then, the 477 bicycle sharing docking stations were clustered into seven clusters. The results show that the stations of each cluster have their own unique spatiotemporal activities pattern influenced by people’s travel habits and land use characteristics around the stations. This analysis will help bicycle sharing operators better understand the system usage and learn how to improve the service quality of the existing system.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/10/5/163bicycle sharing systemsmart card datapoint of interest (POI)spatiotemporal activities patternclustering |
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Spatiotemporal Clustering Analysis of Bicycle Sharing System with Data Mining Approach |
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Spatiotemporal Clustering Analysis of Bicycle Sharing System with Data Mining Approach |
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The main objective of this study is to explore the spatiotemporal activities pattern of bicycle sharing system by combining together temporal and spatial attributes variables through clustering analysis method. Specifically, three clustering algorithms, i.e., hierarchical clustering, K-means clustering, expectation maximization clustering, are chosen to group the bicycle sharing stations. The temporal attributes variables are obtained through the statistical analysis of bicycle sharing smart card data, and the spatial attributes variables are quantified by point of interest (POI) data around bicycle sharing docking stations, which reflects the influence of land use on bicycle sharing system. According to the performance of the three clustering algorithms and six cluster validation measures, K-means clustering has been proven as the better clustering algorithm for the case of Ningbo, China. Then, the 477 bicycle sharing docking stations were clustered into seven clusters. The results show that the stations of each cluster have their own unique spatiotemporal activities pattern influenced by people’s travel habits and land use characteristics around the stations. This analysis will help bicycle sharing operators better understand the system usage and learn how to improve the service quality of the existing system. |
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bicycle sharing system smart card data point of interest (POI) spatiotemporal activities pattern clustering |
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