IASM : Individualized activity space modeler
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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SoftwareX, Volume 7, pp. 138-142
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Researchers from various disciplines have long been interested in analyzing and describing human mobility patterns. Activity space (AS), defined as an area encapsulating daily human mobility and activities, has been at the center of this interest. However, given the applied nature of research in this field and the complexity that advanced geographical modeling can pose to its users, the proposed models remain simplistic and inaccurate in many cases. Individualized Activity Space Modeler (IASM) is a geographic information system (GIS) toolbox, written in Python programming language using ESRI's Arcpy module, comprising four tools aiming to facilitate the use of advanced activity space models in empirical research. IASM provides individual-based and context-sensitive tools to estimate home range distances, delineate activity spaces, and model place exposures using individualized geographical data. In this paper, we describe the design and functionality of IASM, and provide an example of how it performs on a spatial dataset collected through an online map-based survey.Description
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Hasanzadeh, K 2018, 'IASM : Individualized activity space modeler', SoftwareX, vol. 7, pp. 138-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2018.04.005