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The Spatial Activity Summarization Using Buffers (SASB) framework aims to optimize the selection of active buffers in a spatial network to maximize the coverage of activities while keeping computational costs minimal. This NP-Hard problem addresses applications in critical areas such as public safety and disaster relief operations. By incorporating a greedy approach for selecting buffer areas, the project highlights a combination of geometric and network-based methodologies. The study concludes with a comparative performance analysis, demonstrating the potential effectiveness of the SASB model in spatial data analysis.
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SASB: Spatial Activity Summarization using Buffers Atanu Roy & AkashAgrawal
Overview • Motivation • Problem Statement • Computational Challenges • Related Works • Approach • Examples • Conclusion
SASB Motivation • Applications in domains like • Public safety • Disaster relief operations
SASB Problem Statement • Input • A spatial network, • Set of activities & their location in space, • Number of buffers required (k), • A set of buffer (β), • Output • A set of k active buffers, where • Objective • Maximize the number of activities covered in the kbuffers • Constraints • Minimize computation costs
Definitions • Constant Area Buffers • Node buffers • Path buffers
Computational Challenges • SASB is NP-Hard • Proof: • KMR is a special case of SASB • Buffers have width = 0 • KMR is proved to be NP-Complete • SASB is at least NP-Hard
Contributions • Definition SASB problem • NP-Hardness proof • Combination of geometry and network based summarization. • First principle examples
Greedy Approach Choice of k-best buffers • Repeat k times • Choose the buffer with maximum activities • Delete all activities contained in the chosen buffer from all the remaining buffers • Replace the chosen buffer from buffer pool to the result-set
Conclusion • Provides a framework to fuse geometry and network based approaches. • First principle examples indicates it can be comparable with related approaches.
Acknowledgements • CSci 8715 peer reviewers who gave valuable suggestions.