A robust noise resistant algorithm for POI identification from Flickr data

Yiyang Yang, Zhiguo Gong, Qing Li, Leong U. Hou, Ruichu Cai, Zhifeng Hao

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Abstract

Point of Interests (POI) identification using social media data (e.g. Flickr, Microblog) is one of the most popular research topics in recent years. However, there exist large amounts of noises (POI irrelevant data) in such crowd-contributed collection-s. Traditional solutions to this problem is to set a global density threshold and remove the data point as noise if its density is lower than the threshold. However, the density values vary significantly a-mong POIs. As the result, some POIs with relatively lower density could not be identified. To solve the problem, we propose a technique based on the local drastic changes of the data density. First we define the local maxima of the density function as the Urban POIs, and the gradient ascent algorithm is exploited to assign data points into different clusters. To remove noises, we incorporate the Lapla-cian Zero-Crossing points along the gradient ascent process as the boundaries of the POI. Points located outside the POI region are regarded as noises. Then the technique is extended into the geographical and textual joint space so that it can make use of the heterogeneous features of social media. The experimental results show the significance of the proposed approach in removing noises.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication26th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017
EditorsCarles Sierra
PublisherInternational Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
Pages3294-3300
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780999241103
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event26th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 19 Aug 201725 Aug 2017

Publication series

NameIJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
ISSN (Print)1045-0823

Conference

Conference26th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period19/08/1725/08/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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