Using Social Media to Anticipate Human Mobility and Resilience During Disasters

From iRevolution Mon Dec 1 2014, 06:00:05

The analysis of cell phone data can already be used to predict mobility patterns after major natural disasters. Now, a new peer-reviewed scientific study suggests that travel patterns may also be predictable using tweets generated following large disasters. In "Quantifying Human Mobility Perturbation and Resilience in Hurricane ... Continue reading →

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