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An experimental study on gait characteristics and walking speed of individuals under the combined effects of heel and trim Open

Mingyang Guo, Miao Chen, Lihao Yuan, Siuming Lo, Jacqueline T.Y. Lo , et al. · 2025

Mollusk shell assemblages as a historical tool for identifying unaltered seagrass beds Open

LJ Grimmelbein, Siuming Lo, Sahale Casebolt, Kristy L. Cummings, A. Hyman , et al. · 2025

Seagrass meadows form structured habitats that support high biodiversity but are declining globally due to human impacts. Previous studies suggest that water quality conditions and seagrass extent in the northern Gulf Coast of Florida may …

Review of the application of neural network approaches in pedestrian dynamics studies Open

Shenshi Huang, Ruichao Wei, Liping Lian, Siuming Lo, Shouxiang Lu · 2024

In recent years, artificial intelligence methods have been widely used in the study of pedestrian dynamics and crowd evacuation. Different neural network models have been proposed and tested using publicly available pedestrian datasets. Th…

Fault Diagnosis Scheme for Railway Switch Machine Using Multi-Sensor Fusion Tensor Machine Open

Chen Chen, Zhongwei Xu, Meng Mei, Kai Huang, Siuming Lo · 2024

Railway switch machine is essential for maintaining the safety and punctuality of train operations.A data-driven fault diagnosis scheme for railway switch machine using tensor machine and multi-representation monitoring data is developed h…

Forecaster as a Simulator: Simulating Multi-directional Pedestrian Flow with Knowledge-guided Graph Neural Networks Open

Botao Zhang, J. J. Xu, Siuming Lo, Bin Zhu, Tie‐Qiao Tang , et al. · 2024

Investigating the Spatiotemporal Relationship between the Built Environment and COVID-19 Transmission Open

Hao Huang, Haochen Shi, Mirna Zordan, Siuming Lo, Jin Yeu Tsou · 2023

Earlier studies have examined various factors that may contribute to the contagion rate of COVID-19, such as urban climatic and socioeconomic characteristics. However, there is a lack of studies at the township level detailing the spatiote…

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Yunjie Zhang, Siuming Lo, Shengjun Tang, Wei Tu, Yiding Zhang , et al. · 2023

Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Forest Fire Occurrence Based on Remote Sensing Data: An Analysis in Anhui, China Open

Xiao Zhang, Meng Lan, Jinke Ming, Jiping Zhu, Siuming Lo · 2023

A forest fire is a destructive disaster that is difficult to handle and rescue and can pose a significant threat to ecosystems, society, and humans. Since driving factors and their effects on forest fires change over time and space, explor…

A Schedule-Based Model for Passenger-Oriented Train Planning With Operating Cost and Capacity Constraints Open

Jiemin Xie, Shuguang Zhan, S.C. Wong, Siuming Lo · 2022

In the planning stage, train operators design timetables to serve passenger trips and a train circulation plan to support these timetables. These designs consider not only operating costs but also passenger convenience. In this study, we d…

Towards a Smart Elevator-Aided Fire Evacuation Scheme in High-Rise Apartment Buildings for Elderly Open

Hongqiang Fang, Hongpeng Qiu, Peng Lin, Siuming Lo, Jacqueline T.Y. Lo · 2022

Staircase evacuation is the major means of fire evacuation for current high-rise residential buildings. However, its feasibility may be questioned as more and more senior citizens live there in the future. The weakness in physical strength…

A Data-Driven Convolutional Regression Scheme For On-Board and Quantitative Detection of Rail Corrugation Roughness Open

Qinglin Xie, Gongquan Tao, Siuming Lo, Xiaoxuan Yang, Zefeng Wen · 2022

Energy-efficient high-speed train rescheduling during a major disruption Open

Shuguang Zhan, Pengling Wang, S.C. Wong, Siuming Lo · 2021

Disruptions are inevitable in daily train operations, and can cause high-speed trains to deviate from their official schedules. Therefore, the efficient rescheduling of disrupted trains is critical for ensuring smooth daily operations. We …

Building Fire Evacuation: An IoT-Aided Perspective in the 5G Era Open

Hongqiang Fang, Siuming Lo, Jacqueline T.Y. Lo · 2021

Complex and tall buildings have been constructed in many cities recently. Fire safety should be a major concern of building designers, engineers, and governments. Previous fire experience has made us understand the importance of acquiring …

Data-driven test strategy for COVID-19 using machine learning: A study in Lahore, Pakistan Open

Chuanli Huang, Min Wang, Warda Rafaqat, Salman Shabbir, Liping Lian , et al. · 2021

Empirical analysis of scaled mixed itinerary-size weibit model for itinerary choice in a schedule-based railway network Open

Keyu Wen, Jiemin Xie, Anthony Chen, S.C. Wong, Shuguang Zhan , et al. · 2021

The mixed itinerary-size weibit (MISW) model was recently developed for predicting passengers' itinerary-choice behaviors in a schedule-based railway network. It considers passengers' heterogeneous perceptions and relaxes the independently…

Escaping to nature during a pandemic: A natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data Open

Yi Lü, Jianting Zhao, Xueying Wu, Siuming Lo · 2021

Train rescheduling in a major disruption on a high-speed railway network with seat reservation Open

Shuguang Zhan, S.C. Wong, Pan Shang, Siuming Lo · 2021

In this paper, we develop a method of real-time train rescheduling on double-track high-speed railway lines undergoing major disruption. As a result, trains approaching the disrupted area cannot use the blocked tracks and must be efficient…

Escaping to nature during a pandemic: A natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data Open

Lu Yi, Jianting Zhao, Xueying Wu, Siuming Lo · 2020

As global communities respond to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), urban residents worldwide have reduced their mobility, which may have incidentally kept people away from greenspaces. Surprisingly, anecdotal evidence sugg…

Experimental and Density Functional Theory Studies on 1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluoro-2-Butene Pyrolysis Open

Neng Tao, Changcheng Liu, Haoran Xing, Song Lu, Siuming Lo , et al. · 2020

A series of thermal decomposition experiments were conducted over a temperature range of 873–1073 K to evaluate the thermal stability of 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzz(Z)) and the production of hydrogen fluoride (HF). Accordi…

Comparing the Impacts of Location Attributes on Residents’ Preferences and Residential Values in Compact Cities: A Case Study of Hong Kong Open

Yunxi Bai, Jusheng Song, Shanshan Wu, Wei Wang, Jacqueline T.Y. Lo , et al. · 2020

In recent years, environmentally-friendly, sustainable, and compact development has become increasingly popular with governments. An extensive body of literature has focused on the influence on housing prices from an economic perspective. …

Analysis of Multifractal and Organization/Order Structure in Suomi-NPP VIIRS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Series of Wildfire Affected and Unaffected Sites by Using the Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and the Fisher–Shannon Analysis Open

Rui Ba, Weiguo Song, Michele Lovallo, Siuming Lo, Luciano Telesca · 2020

The analysis of vegetation dynamics affected by wildfires contributes to the understanding of ecological changes under disturbances. The use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) of satellite time series can effectively cont…

Exploring the Mechanism of Residential Attractiveness in Compact Urban Areas – a Case Study of Hong Kong Open

Yunxi Bai, Jusheng Song, Shanshan Wu, Siuming Lo, Gang Bai · 2020

Compact cities adopt high density, mixed land use and transit-oriented development (TOD). For sustainable development, compact development reduces the use of automobile and lessens the overdevelopment of land resources. For solving urban s…

Single-file Movement of Ants Stressed by a High Temperature Open

Qiao Wang, Weiguo Song, Shujie Wang, Siuming Lo · 2020

Single-file movement is a universal pattern in both nature and human society. In this paper, we investigate single-file movement of ants (Camponotus japonicus) driven by a high temperature in a narrow channel. Here, ants were placed in a c…

Train schedule optimization based on schedule-based stochastic passenger assignment Open

Jiemin Xie, S.C. Wong, Shuguang Zhan, Siuming Lo, Anthony Chen · 2020

SmokeNet: Satellite Smoke Scene Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network with Spatial and Channel-Wise Attention Open

Rui Ba, Chen Chen, Jing Yuan, Weiguo Song, Siuming Lo · 2019

A variety of environmental analysis applications have been advanced by the use of satellite remote sensing. Smoke detection based on satellite imagery is imperative for wildfire detection and monitoring. However, the commonly used smoke de…

Experimental study on luggage-laden pedestrian movement in narrow seat aisle Open

Shenshi Huang, Ruichao Wei, Siuming Lo, Shouxiang Lu · 2019

The experiment of one-dimensional luggage-laden pedestrian movement in narrow seat aisle were performed in this study, to investigate the hindrance effect of seat configuration on pedestrian flow. In a seat arrangement similar to a vehicle…

Integration of Multiple Spectral Indices and a Neural Network for Burned Area Mapping Based on MODIS Data Open

Rui Ba, Weiguo Song, Xiaolian Li, Zixi Xie, Siuming Lo · 2019

Since wildfires have occurred frequently in recent years, accurate burned area mapping is required for wildfire severity assessment and burned land reconstruction. Satellite remote sensing is an effective technology that can provide valuab…

Bi-directional movement characteristics of <i>Camponotus japonicus</i> ants during nest relocation Open

Qiao Wang, Weiguo Song, Jun Zhang, Siuming Lo · 2018

Foraging and nest relocation forming a bi-directional traffic of outbound and inbound individuals in one-lane organization are two main activities in ants’ life. In this paper, we conducted an experiment for nest relocation of loaded and u…

Study of a New Type of Fire Suppressant Powder of Mg(OH) 2 Modified by DOPO-VTS Open

Yuan Hu, Haiqiang Liu, Ruowen Zong, Siuming Lo · 2018

A new type of fire suppressant powders of magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) modified by DOPO-VTS has been manufactured. And the fire suppression effectiveness and physical-chemical properties were studied in this paper. Three kinds of powders …

A Cellular Automaton Model for Exit Selection Behavior Simulation during Evacuation Processes Open

Libi Fu, Jie Fang, Shuchao Cao, Siuming Lo · 2018

Exit selection behavior is important for evacuation processes and safe facility design. Pedestrians' ability to select an exit route is affected by many factors, and will also impact on evacuation efficiency. It should not be neglected whe…

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