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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme
SOE 13: Communication and Language
SOE 13.1: Talk
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 14:00–14:15, H 0110
Rhythms in mobile-phone data — •Philipp Hövel1,2 and Albert-László Barabási2 — 1Technische Universität Berlin, Germany — 2CCNR, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
We present an analysis of temporal and spatial regularity of empirically obtained network data. The source of data is given by anonymized mobile-phone traces that include information about time and place of the connections between two mobile phones. Therefore, it contains next to temporal and spatial information an additional social component. This makes it a versatile tool to enhance our understanding of human dynamics. Based on the anonymized mobile-phone data, we investigate patterns of human behavior by a detailed mobility analysis on various timescales. We identify, for instance, rhythms of daily routine and deviations from it during weekend activities. This contributes to a general theory of synchronization in complex, real-world networks.
This work is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship of the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD).