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A survey on the computation of representative trajectories

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The process of computing a representative trajectory for a set of raw (or even semantically enriched) trajectories is an attractive solution to minimize several challenges related to trajectory management, like trajectory data integration or trajectory pattern analysis. We identify two main strategies for accomplishing such a process (trajectory data summarization and trajectory data fusion), but we argue that this subject is still an open issue, and we did not find a survey with such a focus. In order to fill this literature gap, this paper presents a survey that analyzes several issues around the two aforementioned strategies, like the type of representative data computed by each approach, the dimensions that are considered by the approach (spatial, temporal, and semantics), the accomplished methods of the proposed processes, and how the process is evaluated. Additionally, we compare these two research areas (trajectory summarization and trajectory fusion) in literature to analyze their relationship. Finally, some open issues related to this subject are also pointed out.

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  1. The selection problem consists of selecting the most appropriate elements of a predefined set of elements, i.e., the best ones from a given collection [23].

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This work has been partially supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina (FAPESC) by the MATCH Project (Co-financing of H2020 Projects - Grant 2018TR 1266), as well as the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under GA N. 777695 (EU Project MASTER - Multiple ASpects TrajEctoRy management and analysis). The views and opinions expressed in this article are the authors’ sole responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.

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  1. Departamento de Informática e Estatística, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

    Vanessa Lago Machado, Ronaldo dos Santos Mello & Vânia Bogorny

  2. Instituto Federal Sul-Rio-Grandense, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil

    Vanessa Lago Machado

  3. Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, SC, Brazil

    Geomar André Schreiner

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Machado, V.L., Mello, R.d.S., Bogorny, V. et al. A survey on the computation of representative trajectories. Geoinformatica (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10707-024-00514-y

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