Quantitative Methods

Machine Learning from Big GPS Data about the Heterogeneous Costs of Congestion
We exploit GPS-coded vehicle movement data that records millions of road users every second of their way over a full year in Berlin to …
Nicolas Koch, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf, Ben Thies
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Machine Learning from Big GPS Data about the Heterogeneous Costs of Congestion
Using explainable machine learning to understand how urban form shapes sustainable mobility
Municipalities are increasingly acknowledging the importance of urban form interventions that can reduce intra-city car travel in …
Felix Wagner, Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Lukas Franken, Aicha Zekar, Ben Thies, Nicolas Koch, Felix Creutzig
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Using explainable machine learning to understand how urban form shapes sustainable mobility
When Traffic Hits: A geospatial Big Data Analysis of Berlin's Road Network with Applications
Using comprehensive network and traffic data, we perform an analysis of the Berlin road network. Demonstrating the the usefulness of …
Ben Thies
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When Traffic Hits: A geospatial Big Data Analysis of Berlin's Road Network with Applications
Walking Through Twitter: Sampling a Language-Based Follow Network of Influential Twitter Accounts
Twitter continuously tightens the access to its data via the publicly accessible, cost-free standard APIs. This especially applies to …
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies, Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns
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The Importance of Suppressing Domain Style in Authorship Analysis
The prerequisite of many approaches to authorship analysis is a representation of writing style. But despite decades of research, it …
Sebastian Bischoff, Niklas Deckers, Marcel Schliebs, Ben Thies, Matthias Hagen, Efstathios Stamatatos, Benno Stein, Martin Potthast
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Mining Influencers in the German Twittersphere
This conference contribution presents a new sampling approach for large follow networks of influential Twitter accounts, discusses …
Jul 18, 2019 5:15 PM — 5:30 PM University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies, Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns
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Mining Influencers in the German Twittersphere
Walking Through Twitter: How to Mine a National Follow Network
Twitter is used by individuals, grassroots movements, and political and social elites to directly communicate to the public and …
Jun 23, 2019 3:10 PM — 3:30 PM University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies, Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns
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Walking Through Twitter: How to Mine a National Follow Network