Publications (12)
Analysis of pedestrian behaviors through non-invasive Bluetooth monitoring
Yuji Yoshimura, Alexander Amini, Stanislav Sobolevsky +2
This paper analyzes pedestrians' behavioral patterns in the pedestrianized shopping environment in the historical center of Barcelona, Spain. We employ a Bluetooth detection techni…
Local Betweenness Centrality Analysis of 30 European Cities
Kaoru Yamaoka, Yusuke Kumakoshi, Yuji Yoshimura
Urban morphology and socioeconomic aspects of cities have been explored by analysing urban street network. To analyse the network, several variations of the centrality indices are…
Deep Learning Architect: Classification for Architectural Design through the Eye of Artificial Intelligence
Yuji Yoshimura, Bill Cai, Zhoutong Wang +1
This paper applies state-of-the-art techniques in deep learning and computer vision to measure visual similarities between architectural designs by different architects. Using a da…
An analysis of visitors' length of stay through noninvasive Bluetooth monitoring in the Louvre Museum
Yuji Yoshimura, Anne Krebs, Carlo Ratti
Art Museums traditionally employ observations and surveys to enhance their knowledge of visitors' behavior and experience. However, these approaches often produce spatially and tem…
Quantifying urban streetscapes with deep learning: focus on aesthetic evaluation
Yusuke Kumakoshi, Shigeaki Onoda, Tetsuya Takahashi +1
The disorder of urban streetscapes would negatively affect people's perception of their aesthetic quality. The presence of billboards on building facades has been regarded as an im…
Diversity and density of urban functions in station areas
Yusuke Kumakoshi, Hideki Koizumi, Yuji Yoshimura
The diversity and density of urban functions have been known to affect urban vibrancy positively, but the relation between the two has not been empirically examined; if high densit…