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As the demand for mobility in our society seems to increase, the various issues centered on urban mobility are among those that worry most city inhabitants in this planet. For instance, how to go from A to B in an efficient (but also less…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Ana L. C. Bazzan

The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has posed a dire threat to the public. Human mobility has changed in various ways over the course of the pandemic. Despite current studies on common mobility metrics, research specifically on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-07-08 Weiyi Zhou , Minha Lee , Qianqian Sun , Weiyu Luo , Chenfeng Xiong , Lei Zhang

Understanding dynamic human mobility changes and spatial interaction patterns at different geographic scales is crucial for assessing the impacts of non-pharmaceutical interventions (such as stay-at-home orders) during the COVID-19…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Yuhao Kang , Song Gao , Yunlei Liang , Mingxiao Li , Jinmeng Rao , Jake Kruse

Background: Telework has benefits for many people with disabilities. The pandemic may create new employment opportunities for people with disabilities by increasing employer acceptance of telework, but this crucially depends on the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Mason Ameri , Douglas Kruse , So Ri Park , Yana Rodgers , Lisa Schur

The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is being felt in all spheres of our lives -- cutting across the boundaries of nation, wealth, religions or race. From the time of the first detection of infection among the public, the virus…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-10-12 Soumyajyoti Biswas , Amit Kr Mandal

The communication revolution that happened in the last ten years has increased the use of technology in the transportation world. Intelligent Transportation Systems wish to predict how many buses are needed in a transit system. With the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Ismail Arai , Samy El-Tawab , Ahmad Salman , Ahmed Elnoshokaty

Understanding urban mobility requires models that capture how people interact with and navigate the built environment. We present a scalable, generalizable agent-based framework in which daily schedules emerge from the interplay between…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-01-30 Sandro M. Reia , Henrique F. de Arruda , Shiyang Ruan , Taylor Anderson , Hamdi Kavak , Dieter Pfoser

This paper has the goal of evaluating how changes in mobility has affected the infection spread of Covid-19 throughout the 2020-2021 years. However, identifying a "clean" causal relation is not an easy task due to a high number of…

Applications · Statistics 2021-10-05 Leonardo Martins , Marcelo C. Medeiros

Human mobility plays a critical role in urban planning and policy-making. However, at certain spatial and temporal resolutions, it is very challenging to track, for example, job and housing mobility. In this study, we explore the usage of a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Yawen Zhang , Seth Spielman , Qi Liu , Si Shen , Jason Shuo Zhang , Qin Lv

Problem, Research Strategy, and Findings: Planning professions in the United States navigate complex and dynamic career landscapes under rapid urban changes, yet comprehensive evidence regarding their career trajectories, advancement…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Yan Wang , Su Jeong Jo

Understanding how people move in the urban area is important for solving urbanization issues, such as traffic management, urban planning, epidemic control, and communication network improvement. Leveraging recent availability of large…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-05-27 Yuren Zhou , Billy Pik Lik Lau , Chau Yuen , Bige Tunçer , Erik Wilhelm

Due to the increasing nature of flexible work and the recent requirements from COVID-19 restrictions, workplaces are becoming more hybrid (i.e. allowing workers to work between traditional office spaces and elsewhere including from home).…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-03 Mohammad Saiedur Rahaman , Shaw Kudo , Tim Rawling , Yongli Ren , Flora D. Salim

Although severe mobility restrictions are recognized as the key enabler to contain COVID-19, there has been few scientific studies to validate such approach, especially in urban context. This study analyzes mobility pattern changes in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-09-17 Yoonjin Yoon , Soohwan Oh , Jungwoo Cho , Yuyol Shin , Seyun Kim , Namwoo Kim , Haechan Cho

Short-term shifts in booking behaviors can disrupt forecasting in the travel and hospitality industry, especially during global crises. Traditional metrics like average or median lead times often overlook important distribution changes.…

Applications · Statistics 2025-07-08 Harrison Katz , Erica Savage , Peter Coles

The `15-minute city' has emerged as a central paradigm in urban planning, promoting universal access to work and essential services within short travel times. Its feasibility-particularly for commuting to work-has however rarely been…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-03-17 Marc Barthelemy

This study examines the factors that determine workplace autonomy in the choice of schedules, using GEIH data for formal employees from January 2023 to February 2024. A logistic regression model identified significant relationships between…

General Economics · Economics 2024-09-24 Cristian Espinal Maya , Santiago Jiménez Londoño

Most of the modeling approaches used to understand organizational worker mobility are highly stylized, using idealizations such as structureless organizations, indistinguishable workers, and a lack of social bonding of the workers. In this…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Bryan Adams , Valentín Vergara Hidd , Daniel Stimpson , Miesha Purcell , Eduardo López

Understanding human mobility is crucial for urban and transport studies in cities. People's daily activities provide valuable insight, such as where people live, work, shop, leisure or eat during midday or after-work hours. However, such…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Roberto Murcio , Nilufer Sari Aslam , Joana Barros

In recent years, we have witnessed a remarkable surge of usage in shared vehicles in our cities. Shared mobility offers a future of no congestion in busy city roads with increasing populations of travelers, passengers, and drivers. Given…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-15 Ioannis Vasileios Chremos , Andreas Malikopoulos

Although the pandemic times of the world-wide forced working from home seem to be in the past, many knowledge workers choose to continue working predominantly from home as a partial or permanent practice. Related studies show that employees…