Mixing individual and collective behaviors to predict out-of-routine mobility.

ABSTRACT: 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 offer insights into individual mobility, they often struggle with out-of-routine behaviors. Our study introduces an approach that dynamically integrates individual and collective mobility behaviors, leveraging collective intelligence to enhance prediction accuracy. Evaluating the model on millions of privacy-preserving trajectories across five US cities, we demonstrate its superior performance in predicting out-of-routine mobility, surpassing even advanced deep learning methods. The spatial analysis highlights the model's effectiveness near urban areas with

SUBMITTER: Bontorin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12054799 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature