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Urban spatial interactions are a complex aggregation of routine visits and random explorations by individuals. The inherent uncertainty of these random visitations poses significant challenges to understanding urban structures and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-03-25 Weiyu Zhang , Furong Jia , Jianying Wang , Yu Liu , Gezhi Xiu

Models simulating household energy demand based on different occupant and household types and their behavioral patterns have received increasing attention over the last years due the need to better understand fundamental characteristics…

General Economics · Economics 2021-01-05 Max Kleinebrahm , Jacopo Torriti , Russell McKenna , Armin Ardone , Wolf Fichtner

Human travelling behaviours are markedly regular, to a large extent, predictable, and mostly driven by biological necessities (\eg sleeping, eating) and social constructs (\eg school schedules, synchronisation of labour). Not surprisingly,…

Researches on the human mobility have made great progress in many aspects, but the long-term and long-distance migration behavior is lack of in-depth and extensive research because of the difficult in accessing to household data. In this…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-03-27 Qi Nie , Jian-Jun Wu , Xiao-Yong Yan , Jin-Hu Liu , Jun Wang

Despite the advanced stage of epidemic modeling, there is a major demand for methods to incorporate behavioral responses to the spread of a disease such as social distancing and adoption of prevention methods. Mobility plays an important…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-03-14 Paulo Cesar Ventura , Alberto Aleta , Francisco A. Rodrigues , Yamir Moreno

As a significant factor in urban planning, traffic forecasting and prediction of epidemics, modeling patterns of human mobility draws intensive attention from researchers for decades. Power-law distribution and its variations are observed…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-10-28 Xiao Liang , Xudong Zheng , Weifeng Lv , Tongyu Zhu , Ke Xu

The vulnerability of cities has increased with urbanization and climate change, making it more important to predict human mobility during extreme events (e.g., extreme weather) for downstream tasks including location-based early disaster…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Yinzhou Tang , Huandong Wang , Xiaochen Fan , Yong Li

Many cities promote walkability through concepts such as the compact city and 15-minute city to enhance urban livability, yet few methods link spatial walkability features to empirically measured livability and account for temporal…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-01-22 Tianqi Wang , Teemu Jama , Henrikki Tenkanen

Public transportation is a fundamental infrastructure for the daily mobility in cities. Although its capacity is prepared for the usual demand, congestion may rise when huge crowds concentrate in special events such as massive…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-02-27 Aleix Bassolas , Riccardo Gallotti , Fabio Lamanna , Maxime Lenormand , Jose J. Ramasco

Human mobility and other social activity patterns influence various aspects of society such as urban planning, traffic predictions, crisis resilience, and epidemic prevention. The behaviour of individuals, like their communication…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Fumiko Ogushi , Chandreyee Roy , Kimmo Kaski

Urban economic resilience is intricately linked to how disruptions caused by pandemics, disasters, and technological shifts ripple through businesses and urban amenities. Disruptions, such as closures of non-essential businesses during the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-12-05 Takahiro Yabe , Bernardo Garcia Bulle Bueno , Morgan Frank , Alex Pentland , Esteban Moro

The recent availability of digital traces generated by phone calls and online logins has significantly increased the scientific understanding of human mobility. Until now, however, limited data resolution and coverage have hindered a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-03-20 Laura Alessandretti , Piotr Sapiezynski , Sune Lehmann , Andrea Baronchelli

It is very important to understand urban mobility patterns because most trips are concentrated in urban areas. In the paper, a new model is proposed to model collective human mobility in urban areas. The model can be applied to predict…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-10-28 Xiao Liang , Jichang Zhao , Li Dong , Ke Xu

In many developing countries, half the population lives in rural locations, where access to essentials such as school materials, mosquito nets, and medical supplies is restricted. We propose an alternative method of distribution (to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-09-27 James McInerney , Alex Rogers , Nicholas R. Jennings

The non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), aimed at reducing the diffusion of the COVID-19 pandemic, has dramatically influenced our behaviour in everyday life. In this work, we study how individuals adapted their daily movements and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-08-18 Lorenzo Lucchini , Simone Centellegher , Luca Pappalardo , Riccardo Gallotti , Filippo Privitera , Bruno Lepri , Marco De Nadai

Modeling and predicting human mobility trajectories in urban areas is an essential task for various applications. The recent availability of large-scale human movement data collected from mobile devices have enabled the development of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Takahiro Yabe , Kota Tsubouchi , Toru Shimizu , Yoshihide Sekimoto , Kaoru Sezaki , Esteban Moro , Alex Pentland

Predicting human displacements is crucial for addressing various societal challenges, including urban design, traffic congestion, epidemic management, and migration dynamics. While predictive models like deep learning and Markov models…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Sebastiano Bontorin , Simone Centellegher , Riccardo Gallotti , Luca Pappalardo , Bruno Lepri , Massimiliano Luca

Recent mobility scaling research, using new data sources, often relies on aggregated data alone. Hence, these studies face difficulties characterizing the influence of factors such as transportation mode on mobility patterns. This paper…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-01-07 Galen Wilkerson , Ramin Khalili , Stefan Schmid

Understanding the movement behaviours of individuals and the way they react to the external world is a key component of any problem that involves the modelling of human dynamics at a physical level. In particular, it is crucial to capture…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Gabriele Galatolo , Mirco Nanni

As "Big Data" has become pervasive, an increasing amount of research has connected the dots between human behaviour in the offline and online worlds. Consequently, researchers have exploited these new findings to create models that better…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-02-14 Marco De Nadai , Bruno Lepri , Nuria Oliver