Visitor flow pattern of Expo 2010

• Published in: Chinese physics B Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 66 - 73
• Main Author: 樊超 郭进利
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.07.2012
• Subjects: 2010年上海世博会; Exposure; Fluctuation; Fractal analysis; Fractals; Hurst指数; Networks; Regression; Standard deviation; Time series; Visibility; 序列转换; 时间序列; 标准偏差; 流动模式; 游客量; 网络使用
• ISSN: 1674-1056; 2058-3834; 1741-4199
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/7/070209

Expo 2010 Shanghai China was a successful, splendid, and unforgettable event, leaving us with valuable experi- ences. The visitor flow pattern of the Expo is investigated in this paper. The Hurst exponent, the mean value, and the standard deviation of visitor volume indicate that the visitor flow is fractal with long-term stability and correlation as well as obvious fluctuation in a short period. Then the time series of visitor volume is converted into a complex network by using the visibility algorithm. It can be inferred from the topological properties of the visibility graph that the network is scale-free, small-world, and hierarchically constructed, confirming that the time series are fractal and a close relationship exists among the visitor volumes on different days. Furthermore, it is inevitable that will be some extreme visitor volumes in the original visitor flow, and these extreme points may appear in a group to a great extent. All these properties are closely related to the feature of the complex network. Finally, the revised linear regression is performed to forecast the next-day visitor volume based on the previous 10-day data.