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View article: Urban Cultural Signature with Web Data: A Case Study with Google Places Venues
Urban Cultural Signature with Web Data: A Case Study with Google Places Venues Open
Providing knowledge about the characteristics of diverse cultural groups worldwide and identifying cultural similarities between their respective occupation regions can yield significant economic and social benefits. However, much of the e…
View article: Urban Referencing Styles and Networks: How Cultural Domination and Local Interests Shape Policy Discourse
Urban Referencing Styles and Networks: How Cultural Domination and Local Interests Shape Policy Discourse Open
In the global arena of municipal policymaking, cities do not merely address local concerns but actively engage with other cities in a global relational space, referencing and being referenced by others. Within these networks, certain “mode…
View article: Taskmaster Deconstructed: A Quantitative Look at Tension, Volatility, and Viewer Ratings
Taskmaster Deconstructed: A Quantitative Look at Tension, Volatility, and Viewer Ratings Open
Taskmaster is a British television show that combines comedic performance with a formal scoring system. Despite the appearance of structured competition, it remains unclear whether scoring dynamics contribute meaningfully to audience engag…
View article: Pathways on the Image Manifold: Image Editing via Video Generation
Pathways on the Image Manifold: Image Editing via Video Generation Open
Recent advances in image editing, driven by image diffusion models, have shown remarkable progress. However, significant challenges remain, as these models often struggle to follow complex edit instructions accurately and frequently compro…
View article: <i>tscluster</i> : A python package for the optimal temporal clustering framework
<i>tscluster</i> : A python package for the optimal temporal clustering framework Open
Temporal clustering extends the conventional task of data clustering by grouping time series data according to shared temporal trends across sociospatial units, with diverse applications in the social sciences, especially urban science. Th…
View article: Theory Figures and Causal Claims in Sociology
Theory Figures and Causal Claims in Sociology Open
When sociologists examine the content of sociological knowledge, they typically engage in textual analysis. Conversely, this paper examines the relationship between theory figures and causal claims. Analyzing a random sample of articles fr…
View article: Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere
Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere Open
Early optimism saw possibilities for social media to renew democratic discourse, marked by hopes for individuals from diverse backgrounds to find opportunities to learn from and interact with others different from themselves. This optimism…
View article: Using graph neural networks to predict local culture
Using graph neural networks to predict local culture Open
Urban research has long recognized that neighbourhoods are dynamic and relational. However, lack of data, methodologies, and computer processing power have hampered a formal quantitative examination of neighbourhood relational dynamics. To…
View article: Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere
Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere Open
Early optimism saw possibilities for social media to renew democratic discourse, marked by hopes for individuals from diverse backgrounds to find opportunities to learn from and interact with others different from themselves. This optimism…
View article: Using Graph Neural Networks to Predict Local Culture
Using Graph Neural Networks to Predict Local Culture Open
Urban research has long recognized that neighbourhoods are dynamic and relational. However, lack of data, methodologies, and computer processing power have hampered a formal quantitative examination of neighbourhood relational dynamics. To…
View article: Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere comments dataset
Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere comments dataset Open
This dataset contains comments in Portuguese and English gathered from various sources, such as news websites from Brazil and Canada, social media sites like Facebook and Reddit, e-commerce reviews, Wikipedia comments, among others. Each c…
View article: Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere comments dataset
Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere comments dataset Open
This dataset contains comments in Portuguese and English gathered from various sources, such as news websites from Brazil and Canada, social media sites like Facebook and Reddit, e-commerce reviews, Wikipedia comments, among others. Each c…
View article: Mapping policy pathways: Urban referencing networks in public art policies
Mapping policy pathways: Urban referencing networks in public art policies Open
This article examines the dynamics of inter-referencing between cities and develops the concept of the ‘Urban Referencing Network’ as a representation of the references made by cities to one another in policy documents. The study employs p…
View article: Toward a Historical Sociology of Canonization: Comparing the Development of Sociological Theory in the English-, German-, and French-Language Contexts since the 1950s
Toward a Historical Sociology of Canonization: Comparing the Development of Sociological Theory in the English-, German-, and French-Language Contexts since the 1950s Open
This paper adds to a vital international tradition of discussing the history of sociological theory by empirically investigating its structure, dynamics, and relationships. Our primary contribution to this tradition is to bring to the conv…
View article: The Roles of Symbols in Neural-based AI: They are Not What You Think!
The Roles of Symbols in Neural-based AI: They are Not What You Think! Open
We propose that symbols are first and foremost external communication tools used between intelligent agents that allow knowledge to be transferred in a more efficient and effective manner than having to experience the world directly. But, …
View article: Forecasting COVID-19 Case Counts Based on 2020 Ontario Data
Forecasting COVID-19 Case Counts Based on 2020 Ontario Data Open
Objective: To develop machine learning models that can predict the number of COVID-19 cases per day given the last 14 days of environmental and mobility data. Approach: COVID-19 data from four counties around Toronto, Ontario, were used. D…
View article: Towards a Model of Urban Evolution—Part III: Rules of Evolution
Towards a Model of Urban Evolution—Part III: Rules of Evolution Open
This paper develops a formal model of urban evolution in terms of (1) sources of variations; (2) principles of selection; and (3) mechanisms of retention. More specifically, regarding (1) it defines local and environmental sources of varia…
View article: Towards a Model of Urban Evolution Part IV: Evolutionary (Formetic) Distance—An Interpretation of Yelp Review Data
Towards a Model of Urban Evolution Part IV: Evolutionary (Formetic) Distance—An Interpretation of Yelp Review Data Open
This paper is part IV of “towards a model of urban evolution”. It demonstrates how the Toronto Urban Evolution Model (TUEM) can be used to encode city data, illuminate key features, demonstrate how formetic distance can be used to discover…
View article: Towards a Model of Urban Evolution—Part I: Context
Towards a Model of Urban Evolution—Part I: Context Open
This paper seeks to develop the core concepts of a model of urban evolution. It proceeds in four major sections. First, we review prior adumbrations of an evolutionary model in urban theory, noting their potential and their limitations. Se…
View article: Towards a Model of Urban Evolution: Part II: Formal Model
Towards a Model of Urban Evolution: Part II: Formal Model Open
This paper is part II of “Towards A Model of Urban Evolution.” It defines a formal model of the Signature of an urban space, comprised of the information encoded in that space. This information consists of: an urban genome, which captures …
View article: CHARTER: Identifying the Most-Critical Gate Operations in Quantum Circuits via Amplified Gate Reversibility
CHARTER: Identifying the Most-Critical Gate Operations in Quantum Circuits via Amplified Gate Reversibility Open
When quantum programs are executed on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers, they experience hardware noise; consequently, the program outputs are often erroneous. To mitigate the adverse effects of hardware noise, it is necess…
View article: Changing the Scene: applying four models of social evolution to the scenescape
Changing the Scene: applying four models of social evolution to the scenescape Open
This paper elaborates a multi-model approach to studying how local scenes change. We refer to this as the "4 D's" of scene change: development, differentiation, defense, and diffusion. Each posits somewhat distinct change processes, and ha…
View article: Vehicle Traffic Estimation Using Deep Learning
Vehicle Traffic Estimation Using Deep Learning Open
For commuters, vehicular traffic is an important planning concern. People have access to the weather forecast and the current traffic situation, but there is no application available to estimate traffic congestion and flow in the near futu…
View article: Pedestrian Traffic Prediction using Deep Learning
Pedestrian Traffic Prediction using Deep Learning Open
Pedestrian traffic information offers useful insights when developing or maintaining a business.This research combines image processing and machine learning methods to predictpedestrian traffic flowrate and density for up to two days into …
View article: Estimating Automobile Crash Characteristics from Images using Deep Learning
Estimating Automobile Crash Characteristics from Images using Deep Learning Open
Crash characteristics such as crash velocity (Delta-V) and location of collision (LOC) are important determinants of the severity of the injury sustained by an occupant of an accident vehicle. Based on the predicted severity levels o…
View article: The Dilemmas of Spatializing Social Issues
The Dilemmas of Spatializing Social Issues Open
Cities have established official neighborhood boundaries for targeted social policy in recent decades. The authors propose that a sociological conception of neighborhoods sensitizes us to the potential consequences of imposing categorical …
View article: Comments on Lechner’s “How Is Society Possible?”
Comments on Lechner’s “How Is Society Possible?” Open
Comments on Lechner's "How Is Society Possible?"With his article "How is Society Possible?",Frank Lechner has performed an exceedingly valuable service for students of Georg Simmel's Sociology.As Lechner notes, while Simmel's concepts were…
View article: Popping the bubble may not be enough: news media role in online political polarization.
Popping the bubble may not be enough: news media role in online political polarization. Open
Politics in different countries show diverse degrees of polarization, which tends to be stronger on social media, given how easy it became to connect and engage with like-minded individuals on the web. A way of reducing polarization would …