5 papers
Towards Universal Urban Patterns-of-Life Simulation
Sandro M. Reia, Henrique F. de Arruda, Shiyang Ruan +3
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…
Evaluation of A Spatial Microsimulation Framework for Small-Area Estimation of Population Health Outcomes Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Emma Von Hoene, Aanya Gupta, Hamdi Kavak +2
This study introduces the Spatial Health and Population Estimator (SHAPE), a spatial microsimulation framework that applies hierarchical iterative proportional fitting (IPF) to est…
All Models Are Wrong, But Can They Be Useful? Lessons from COVID-19 Agent-Based Models: A Systematic Review
Emma Von Hoene, Sara Von Hoene, Szandra Peter +9
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge in computational models to simulate disease dynamics and guide interventions. Agent-based models (ABMs) are well-suited to capture population…
The Patterns of Life Human Mobility Simulation
Hossein Amiri, Will Kohn, Shiyang Ruan +6
We demonstrate the Patterns of Life Simulation to create realistic simulations of human mobility in a city. This simulation has recently been used to generate massive amounts of tr…
Extracting the U.S. building types from OpenStreetMap data
Henrique F. de Arruda, Sandro M. Reia, Shiyang Ruan +4
Building type information is crucial for population estimation, traffic planning, urban planning, and emergency response applications. Although essential, such data is often not re…