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Complex Urban Systems

Modeling cities under incomplete observation by connecting mobility, demographic, transport, and infrastructure evidence.

Abstract city system with transit, buildings, and connected data layers
Cities as interacting systems rather than isolated datasets.
TypeResearch program
StatusOngoing
DomainUrban science

Overview

This research studies how hidden urban dynamics can be reconstructed from heterogeneous and incomplete evidence. The aim is not simply to predict a city-scale outcome, but to build models whose assumptions, uncertainty, and limits remain interpretable.

Research directions

  • Probabilistic inference for urban processes that cannot be observed directly.
  • Integration of mobility, demographic, transport, and infrastructure data.
  • Large-scale models that preserve interpretable mechanisms and uncertainty.
  • AI methods that support urban reasoning without erasing evidence boundaries.

Approach

The work treats every dataset as a partial view of the city. Models are designed around what each source can support, where sources disagree, and which conclusions should remain uncertain.

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