Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories

Using personal trajectory information to grasp the spatiotemporal laws of dangerous activities to curb the occurrence of criminal acts is a new opportunity and method for security prevention and control. This paper proposes a novel method to discover abnormal behaviors and judge abnormal behavior pa...

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Main Authors: Hao Wu, Xuehua Tang, Zhongyuan Wang, Nanxi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/10/3520
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author Hao Wu
Xuehua Tang
Zhongyuan Wang
Nanxi Wang
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Xuehua Tang
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Nanxi Wang
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description Using personal trajectory information to grasp the spatiotemporal laws of dangerous activities to curb the occurrence of criminal acts is a new opportunity and method for security prevention and control. This paper proposes a novel method to discover abnormal behaviors and judge abnormal behavior patterns using mobility trajectory data. Abnormal behavior trajectory refers to the behavior trajectory whose temporal and spatial characteristics are different from normal behavior, and it is an important clue to discover dangerous behavior. Abnormal patterns are the behavior patterns summarized based on the regular characteristics of criminals’ activities, including wandering, scouting, random walk, and trailing. This paper examines the abnormal behavior patterns based on mobility trajectories. A Long Short-Term Memory Network (LSTM)-based method is used to extract personal trajectory features, and the K-means clustering method is applied to extract abnormal trajectories from the trajectory dataset. Based on the characteristics of different abnormal behaviors, the spatio-temporal feature matching method is used to identify the abnormal patterns based on the filtered abnormal trajectories. Experimental results showed that the trajectory-based abnormal behavior discovery method can realize a rapid discovery of abnormal trajectories and effective judgment of abnormal behavior patterns.
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spelling doaj.art-ed03a1cdbbb64ff0b28bfda3765ff7fb2023-11-21T20:20:35ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-05-012110352010.3390/s21103520Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility TrajectoriesHao Wu0Xuehua Tang1Zhongyuan Wang2Nanxi Wang3National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaSchool of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaUsing personal trajectory information to grasp the spatiotemporal laws of dangerous activities to curb the occurrence of criminal acts is a new opportunity and method for security prevention and control. This paper proposes a novel method to discover abnormal behaviors and judge abnormal behavior patterns using mobility trajectory data. Abnormal behavior trajectory refers to the behavior trajectory whose temporal and spatial characteristics are different from normal behavior, and it is an important clue to discover dangerous behavior. Abnormal patterns are the behavior patterns summarized based on the regular characteristics of criminals’ activities, including wandering, scouting, random walk, and trailing. This paper examines the abnormal behavior patterns based on mobility trajectories. A Long Short-Term Memory Network (LSTM)-based method is used to extract personal trajectory features, and the K-means clustering method is applied to extract abnormal trajectories from the trajectory dataset. Based on the characteristics of different abnormal behaviors, the spatio-temporal feature matching method is used to identify the abnormal patterns based on the filtered abnormal trajectories. Experimental results showed that the trajectory-based abnormal behavior discovery method can realize a rapid discovery of abnormal trajectories and effective judgment of abnormal behavior patterns.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/10/3520mobility trajectoryabnormal behavior patternLSTM-based methodspatiotemporal characteristic
spellingShingle Hao Wu
Xuehua Tang
Zhongyuan Wang
Nanxi Wang
Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories
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mobility trajectory
abnormal behavior pattern
LSTM-based method
spatiotemporal characteristic
title Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories
title_full Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories
title_fullStr Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories
title_full_unstemmed Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories
title_short Uncovering Abnormal Behavior Patterns from Mobility Trajectories
title_sort uncovering abnormal behavior patterns from mobility trajectories
topic mobility trajectory
abnormal behavior pattern
LSTM-based method
spatiotemporal characteristic
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/10/3520
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