Human Dynamics Research in Smart and Connected Communities

Chapter 1. Introduction: Human Dynamics in Perspective (Shih-Lung Shaw).- Chapter 2. Utilizing Geo-Located Sensors and Social Media for Studying Population Dynamics and Land Classification (Gautam Thakur).- Chapter 3. Uncovering the Relationships between Phone Communication Activities and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Mobile Phone Users (Yang Xu).- Chapter 4. Spatiotemporal-Network Visualization for Exploring Human Movements and Interactions in Physical and Virtual Spaces (Song Gao).- Chapter 5. Modeling Mobility and Dynamics of Scheduled Space-time Activities - an RDF Approach (Junchuan Fan).- Chapter 6. Smart Sensors, Cyborgs, and Cybernetics: A Critical Reading of Smart City Technologies (Chen Xu).- Chapter 7. A Location-Based Client-Server Framework for Assessing Personal Exposure to the Transmission Risks of Contagious Diseases (Tzai-Hung Wen).- Chapter 8. An Exploratory Analysis of the Effects of Spatial and Temporal Scale and Transportation Mode on Anonymity in Human Mobility Trajectories (Jennifer A. Miller).- Chapter 9. Uncovering Geo-Social Semantics from the Twitter Mention Network: An Integrated Approach Using Spatial Network Smoothing and Topic Modeling (Caglar Koylu).- Chapter 10. Grouping People in Cities: From Space-Time to Place-Time Based Profiling (Tao Cheng).- Chapter 11. Open Source Social Network Simulator Focusing on Spatial Meme Diffusion (Xinyue Ye).- Chapter 12. The Challenges and Opportunities with Social Media and Big Data for Research in Human Dynamics (Atsushi Nara).- Chapter 13. Outlook and Next Steps: From Human Dynamics to Smart and Connected Communities (Daniel Sui).