Estimating and predicting the temporal information of apartment burglaries that possess imprecise time stamps: A comparative study using eight different temporal approximation methods in Vienna, Austria

Philip Glasner; Michael Leitner; Lukas Oswald

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253591

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Estimating and predicting the temporal information of apartment burglaries that possess imprecise time stamps: A comparative study using eight different temporal approximation methods in Vienna, Austria

Philip Glasner,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Carl Zeiss GmbH, Vienna, Austria

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-1897

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Michael Leitner ,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mleitne@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1204-0822

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Lukas Oswald

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Infineon Technologies IT-Services GmbH, Villach, Austria
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Estimating and predicting the temporal information of apartment burglaries that possess imprecise time stamps: A comparative study using eight different temporal approximation methods in Vienna, Austria

Philip Glasner,
Michael Leitner,
Lukas Oswald

Published: August 19, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253591

About the Authors

Philip Glasner

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Carl Zeiss GmbH, Vienna, Austria

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-1897

Michael Leitner

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mleitne@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1204-0822

Lukas Oswald

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Infineon Technologies IT-Services GmbH, Villach, Austria

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: Co-author Philip Glasner is employed by Carl Zeiss GmbH. Co-author Lukas Oswald is employed by Infineon Technologies IT-Services GmbH. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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