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We introduce RHYTHM (Reasoning with Hierarchical Temporal Tokenization for Human Mobility), a framework that leverages large language models (LLMs) as spatio-temporal predictors and trajectory reasoners. RHYTHM partitions trajectories into…

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The rapid rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) is transforming traffic and transportation research, with significant advancements emerging between the years 2023 and 2025 -- a period marked by the inception and swift growth of adopting and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Yimo Yan , Yejia Liao , Guanhao Xu , Ruili Yao , Huiying Fan , Jingran Sun , Xia Wang , Jonathan Sprinkle , Ziyan An , Meiyi Ma , Xi Cheng , Tong Liu , Zemian Ke , Bo Zou , Matthew Barth , Yong-Hong Kuo

In this resource paper, we present two publicly available datasets of semantically enriched human trajectories, together with the pipeline to build them. The trajectories are publicly available GPS traces retrieved from OpenStreetMap. Each…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Chiara Pugliese , Francesco Lettich , Guido Rocchietti , Chiara Renso , Fabio Pinelli

Pedestrian safety is a critical component of urban mobility and is strongly influenced by the interactions between pedestrian decision-making and driver yielding behavior at crosswalks. Modeling driver--pedestrian interactions at…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Yicheng Yang , Zixian Li , Jean Paul Bizimana , Niaz Zafri , Yongfeng Dong , Tianyi Li

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with computer vision is profoundly transforming perception tasks like image segmentation. For intelligent transportation systems (ITS), where accurate scene understanding is critical for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Sanjeda Akter , Ibne Farabi Shihab , Anuj Sharma

Traffic forecasting represents a crucial problem within intelligent transportation systems. In recent research, Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as a promising method, but their intrinsic design, tailored primarily for sequential…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Hyotaek Jeon , Hyunwook Lee , Juwon Kim , Sungahn Ko

Predicting human mobility is inherently challenging due to complex long-range dependencies and multi-scale periodic behaviors. To address this, we introduce RHYTHM (Reasoning with Hierarchical Temporal Tokenization for Human Mobility), a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Haoyu He , Haozheng Luo , Yan Chen , Qi R. Wang

Most studies on machine learning in sensing systems focus on low-level perception tasks that process raw sensory data within a short time window. However, many practical applications, such as human routine modeling and occupancy tracking,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Xiaomin Ouyang , Mani Srivastava

Building a general model capable of analyzing human trajectories across different geographic regions and different tasks becomes an emergent yet important problem for various applications. However, existing works suffer from the…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Shuo Liu , Di Yao , Yan Lin , Gao Cong , Jingping Bi

The widespread use of positioning devices (e.g., GPS) has given rise to a vast body of human movement data, often in the form of trajectories. Understanding human mobility patterns could benefit many location-based applications. In this…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Meng Chen , Xiaohui Yu , Yang Liu

Understanding and replicating human mobility requires not only spatial-temporal accuracy but also an awareness of the cognitive hierarchy underlying real-world travel decisions. Traditional agent-based or deep learning models can reproduce…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Qiumeng Li , Chunhou Ji , Xinyue Liu

Public events, such as concerts and sports games, can be major attractors for large crowds, leading to irregular surges in travel demand. Accurate human mobility prediction for public events is thus crucial for event planning as well as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Yuebing Liang , Yichao Liu , Xiaohan Wang , Zhan Zhao

Phrases are fundamental linguistic units through which humans convey semantics. This study critically examines the capacity of API-based large language models (LLMs) to comprehend phrase semantics, utilizing three human-annotated datasets.…

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Social media has become an important platform for people to express their opinions towards transportation services and infrastructure, which holds the potential for researchers to gain a deeper understanding of individuals' travel choices,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Kangrui Ruan , Xinyang Wang , Xuan Di

Large language models (LLMs) exhibit increasingly sophisticated linguistic capabilities, yet the extent to which these behaviors reflect human-like cognition versus advanced pattern recognition remains an open question. In this study, we…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Karin de Langis , Jong Inn Park , Andreas Schramm , Bin Hu , Khanh Chi Le , Michael Mensink , Ahn Thu Tong , Dongyeop Kang

Individual mobility prediction plays a key role in urban transport, enabling personalized service recommendations and effective travel management. It is widely modeled by data-driven methods such as machine learning, deep learning, as well…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Zhenlin Qin , Leizhen Wang , Yancheng Ling , Francisco Camara Pereira , Zhenliang Ma

Unsupervised human motion segmentation (HMS) can be effectively achieved using subspace clustering techniques. However, traditional methods overlook the role of temporal semantic exploration in HMS. This paper explores the use of temporal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Zheng Xing , Weibing Zhao

Language provides the most revealing window into the ways humans structure conceptual knowledge within cognitive maps. Harnessing this information has been difficult, given the challenge of reliably mapping words to mental concepts.…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-09-19 Matthew M Nour , Daniel C McNamee , Isaac Fradkin , Raymond J Dolan

Modeling human mobility helps to understand how people are accessing resources and physically contacting with each other in cities, and thus contributes to various applications such as urban planning, epidemic control, and location-based…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Zongyuan Huang , Shengyuan Xu , Menghan Wang , Hansi Wu , Yanyan Xu , Yaohui Jin

Traffic prediction constitutes a pivotal facet within the purview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and the attainment of highly precise predictions holds profound significance for efficacious traffic management. The precision of…

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