TY - GEN
T1 - Spatial-social network visualization for exploratory data analysis
AU - Luo, Wei
AU - MacEachren, Alan M.
AU - Yin, Peifeng
AU - Hardisty, Frank
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - There has been considerable interest in applying social network analysis methods to geographically embedded networks such as population migration and international trade. However, research is hampered by a lack of support for exploratory spatial-social network analysis in integrated tools. To bridge the gap, this research introduces a spatial-social network visualization tool, the GeoSocialApp, that supports the exploration of spatial-social networks among network, geographical, and attribute spaces. It also supports exploration of network attributes from community-level (clustering) to individual-level (network node measures). Using an international trade case study, this research shows that mixed methods - - computational and visual - can enable discovery of complex patterns in large spatial-social network datasets in an effective and efficient way.
AB - There has been considerable interest in applying social network analysis methods to geographically embedded networks such as population migration and international trade. However, research is hampered by a lack of support for exploratory spatial-social network analysis in integrated tools. To bridge the gap, this research introduces a spatial-social network visualization tool, the GeoSocialApp, that supports the exploration of spatial-social networks among network, geographical, and attribute spaces. It also supports exploration of network attributes from community-level (clustering) to individual-level (network node measures). Using an international trade case study, this research shows that mixed methods - - computational and visual - can enable discovery of complex patterns in large spatial-social network datasets in an effective and efficient way.
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U2 - 10.1145/2063212.2063216
DO - 10.1145/2063212.2063216
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81855221314
SN - 9781450310338
T3 - 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks, LBSN 2011 - Held in Conjunction with the 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2011
BT - 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks, LBSN 2011 - Held in Conjunction with the 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2011
T2 - 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks, LBSN 2011 - Held in Conjunction with the 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2011
Y2 - 1 November 2011 through 1 November 2011
ER -