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Wireless Network Data Sources: Tracking and Synthesizing Trajectories

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Due to inexpensive modern sensing technologies and extensive use of wireless communication, location information about moving objects is increasing rapidly. Some positioning technologies are based on GPS-equipped devices, while others utilize the infrastructure of the underlying communication network. This opens new opportunities for offering, monitoring, and decision-making novel applications in a variety of fields. To name a few, we have location-based services (LBS), fleet management and traffic control applications, emergency, navigation, and geocoding services. These compose a subset of existing applications where such kind of data comprise the core of the underlying business.

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Renso, C. et al. (2008). Wireless Network Data Sources: Tracking and Synthesizing Trajectories. In: Giannotti, F., Pedreschi, D. (eds) Mobility, Data Mining and Privacy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75177-9_4

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