Publications

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Articles in Referred Journals

Jiang, Y.,Yuan, Y., Han, SY. 2024. An entropy-based measurement for understanding origin-destination trip distributions: a case study of New York City taxis. Big Earth Data, in press.

Yuan, Y., Wylie, A. G. 2024. Comparing Machine Learning and Time Series Approaches in Predictive Modeling of Urban Fire Incidents: A Case Study of Austin, Texas. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 13, Article #149.

Liu, J., Yuan, Y. 2024. Exploring dynamic urban mobility patterns from traffic flow data using community detection. Annals of GIS, 1-20.

Bin Asad, K. M., Yuan, Y. 2023. The Impact of Scale on Extracting Urban Mobility Patterns Using Texture Analysis. Computational Urban Science, 3, Article #33.

Yang, M., Yuan, Y., Zhan, F. B. 2023. Urban Interactions based on Floating Car Data – A Case Study of Chengdu, China. Annals of GIS, 29(1), 37-53.

Yuan, Y., Xu, Y. 2022. Modeling Activity Spaces using Big Geo-Data: Progress and Challenges. Geography Compass, 16(11), e12663.

Ekeanyanwu, C.V., Bose, P., Beavers, M., Yuan, Y., Obisakin, I. 2022. Modeling and Mapping Flood Hazard with a Flood Risk Assessment Tool: A Case Study of Austin, Texas. Journal of Geographic Information System, 14(4), 332-346.

Xing, X., Yuan, Y., Huang, Z., Peng, X., Zhao, P., Liu, Y. 2022. Flow trace: A novel representation of intra-urban movement dynamics. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 96, 101832.

Wang, X., Yuan, Y. 2020. Modeling human activity spaces from location-based social media: a case study of Weibo, The Professional Geographer, 22(4), 930-957.

Liu, Y., Yuan, Y. , Zhang, F. 2020. Mining urban perceptions from social media data. Journal of Spatial Information Science, 20, 51-55.

Yuan, Y. , Lu, Y., Chow, T. E., Ye, C., Alyaqout, A., Liu, Y. 2020. The missing parts from social media enabled smart cities: who, where, when, and what?. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 110, 462-475.

Chen, L., Gao, Y., Zhu, D., Yuan, Y. , Liu, Y. 2019. Quantifying the scale effect in geospatial big data using semi-variogram, PloS One, 14(11), e0225139.

Yuan, Y. , Wang, X. 2018. Exploring the effectiveness of location-based social media in modeling user activity space: a case study of Weibo. Transactions in GIS, 22(4), 930-957.

Yuan, Y., Wei, G., Lu, Y. 2018. Evaluating gender representativeness of location-based social media: a case study of Weibo. Annals of GIS, 24(3), 163-176.

Yuan, Y., Liu, Y., Wei, G. 2017. Exploring inter-country connection in mass media: a case study of China. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 62, 86-96.

Yuan, Y. Medel, M. 2016. Characterizing International Travel Behavior from Geotagged Photos: A Case Study of Flickr. PLoS One, 11(5), e0154885.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2016. Exploring georeferenced mobile phone datasets - a literature survey. Geography Compass (invited paper), 10(6), 239-252

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2016. Analyzing the distribution of human activity space from mobile phone usage- An individual and urban-oriented study. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 30(8), 1594-1621.

Ahas, R., Aasa, A., Yuan, Y., Raubal, M., Smoreda, Z., Liu, Y., Ziemlicki, C., Tiru, M., Zook, M. 2015. Everyday Space-Time Geographies: Using mobile phone based sensor data to monitor urban activity in Harbin, Paris and Tallinn. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 29(11), 496-520.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2014. Measuring similarity of mobile phone user trajectories - a Spatio-temporal Edit Distance method. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 28(3), 496-520.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M., Liu, Y. 2012. Correlating mobile phone usage and travel behavior – a case study of Harbin, China. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 36(2), 118-130.

Liu, Y., Yuan, Y., Xiao, D., Hu, J., Wu, L. 2010. A point set based approximation for areal objects - case study of representing localities, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 34(1), 28-39.

Chen, K., Lin, X., Yuan, Y., Li, R., Liu, Y. 2009. Representation and management of type information in digital gazetteers, Geography and Geo-Information Science, 25(5), 6-11. (In Chinese)

Yuan, Y., Gao, Y. 2008. Object-oriented modeling and implement technologies of spatio-temporal data, Geography and Geo-Information Science, 28(3), 41-44. (In Chinese)

Liu, Y., Yuan, Y., Zhang, Y. 2008. A cognitive approach to modeling vague geographical features – a case study of Zhongguancun, Journal of Remote Sensing, 12(2), 370-377. (In Chinese)

Articles in Referred Conference Proceedings

Yuan, Y. 2021. The impact of scale on spatial connections: an exploratory analysis. In Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), 1-5.

Yuan, Y., Mills, D., 2019, Exploring Urban Dynamics from Bluetooth Tracking Data: A Case Study of Austin, Texas. In: Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), Tokyo, Japan, 1-6.

Yuan, Y., Le Noc, M. 2018. Exploring Urban Mobility from Taxi Trajectories: A Case Study of Nanjing, China. In: Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications (DATA), Porto, Portugal, SciTePress, 1-6.

Yuan, Y. 2017. Modeling Inter-country Connection from Geotagged News Reports A Time-Series Analysis. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data, Fukuoka, Japan, Springer International, 183-190.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2012. Extracting dynamic urban mobility patterns from mobile phone data. In: Geographic Information Science - 7th International Conference (GIScience 2012), Columbus, Ohio, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer, Volume 7478, 354-367.

Kang, C., Gao, S., Lin, X., Xiao, Y., Yuan, Y., Liu, Y., Ma, X. 2010. Analyzing and geo-visualizing individual human mobility patterns using mobile call records. In: Proceedings of Geoinformatics 2010. Beijing, China, IEEE Xplore, 1-7 (doi:10.1109/ GEOINFORMATICS.2010.5567857).

Liu, Y., Li, R., Chen, K., Yuan, Y., Huang, L., Yu, H. 2009. KIDGS: A Geographical Knowledge-informed Digital Gazetteer Service. In: Proceedings of Geoinformatics, Fairfax, USA, IEEE Xplore, 1-6 (doi: 10.1109/GEOINFORMATICS.2009.5293495).

Articles in Referred Book Chapters

Liu, Y., Gao, S.,Yuan, Y., Zhang, F., Kang, C, Y. Kang, Wang. K. 2021. Methods of social sensing in urban studies. In: Urban Remote Sensing, eds. X. Yang, Wiley-Blackwell.

Yuan, Y., Bin Asad, K., Qiang, Y., Chow, T. E. 2020. Point Pattern Analysis, The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (1st Quarter 2020 Edition), doi: 10.22224/gistbok/2020.1.13 (digital book).

Chow, T. E., Yuan, Y. 2019. GIS APIs. In: Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge, doi: 10.22224/gistbok/2019.2.15 (digital book).

Yuan, Y. 2017. Exploring spatial decay effect in mass media and social media: a case study of China. In: Advances in GeoComputation, eds. D. A. Griffith, Y. Chun, D. J. Dean, Springer, 133-142.

Yuan, Y. , Kang, C., Cao, P., Liu, Y. 2017. Big geospatial data and its applications in urban studies In: Frontier of GIS, eds. H. Lin, X. Shi, Higher Education Press, 167-189.

Patents

Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, R., Y. Yuan, Chen, C., Gao, Y. 2009. Semantic-based General Chinese Place Name Searching System, Patent No. 200910088885.4, P. R. China.

Extended Abstracts and Workshop Papers

Yuan, Y. , Wylie, A. G. 2023. Analyzing the spatial-temporal patterns of fire data using machine learning methods, In: Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), 1-3.

Zhang, P., Lee, H.,Yuan, Y. 2020. The impacts of social ties and sentiment on topic popularity in microblogs. In: the Southwest Decision Sciences 50th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 1-2.

Yuan, Y. , G. Wei. 2016. Evaluating demographic representativeness of location-based social media: a case study of Weibo. In: the 19th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, 1-4.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2012. Similarity measurement of mobile phone user trajectories - a modified edit distance method. In: Workshop on “Progress in Movement Analysis - Experiences with Real Data, Zurich, Switzerland.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2012. A framework for spatio-temporal clustering from mobile phone data. In: AGILE Workshop: Complex Data Mining in a GeoSpatial Context, Avignon, France.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2011 Extracting clustered urban mobility and activities from georeferenced mobile phone datasets. In: ISPRS Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Data Mining and Analysis (STDM'11), London, United Kingdom.

Yuan, Y. , Liu, Y. 2010 Modeling temporal uncertainty of events-a descriptive perspective. In: Proceedings of Geographic Information Science - 6th International Conference, GIScience 2010, Extended Abstracts Volume, eds. R. Purves & R. Weibel. Zurich, Switzerland.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2010 On Correlation between Mobile Phone Usage and Travel Behavior - a case study of Harbin, China. In: Proceedings of Geographic Information Science - 6th International Conference, GIScience 2010, Extended Abstracts Volume, eds. R. Purves & R. Weibel. Zurich, Switzerland.

Yuan, Y. , Raubal, M. 2010 Spatio-temporal knowledge discovery from georeferenced mobile phone data. In: MPA'10 - 1st Workshop on Movement Pattern Analysis, Zurich, Switzerland.

Yihong Yuan