A study of human mobility behavior dynamics: A perspective of a single vehicle with taxi

Can-Zhong Yao and Ji-Nan Lin

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, vol. 87, issue C, 51-58

Abstract: In this paper, we first research on the distance distribution of human mobility with single vehicle based on the driving data from a taxi company in South China. Different from conventional exponential distribution, we discover the mobility distance with taxi follows power-law distribution. Further, we proposed a model which may explain the mechanism for the power-law distribution: mobility distance is constrained by time and fare. Specifically, the relationship between fare and mobility distance follows piecewise function, and responds to individual sensitivity; the relationship between time and mobility distance follows significant logarithmic relationship. These two factors, especially the logarithmic relationship between time and mobility distance, may contribute to a power-law distribution instead of an exponential one. Finally, with a simulation model, we verify the significant power-law distribution of human mobility behavioral distance with a single vehicle, by supplementing factors of waiting time and fare.

Keywords: Single vehicle; Mobility distance; Power-law distribution; Exponential distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.03.005

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