KDD2020

Understanding the Urban Pandemic Spreading of COVID-19 with Real World Mobility Data

Qianyue Hao, Lin Chen, Fengli Xu, Yong Li

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Abstract

Facing the worldwide rapid spreading of COVID-19 pandemic, we need to understand its diffusion in the urban environments with heterogeneous population distribution and mobility. However, challenges exist in the choice of proper spatial resolution, integration of mobility data into epidemic modelling, as well as incorporation of unique characteristics of COVID-19.