Recent advances in localization techniques have fundamentally enhanced social
networking services, allowing users to share their locations and location-related contents …

To understand information accessibility issues, research has examined human and
technical factors by taking a socio‐technical view. While this view provides a profound …

Abstract Volunteered Geographic Information is the term used to describe the process of
collecting spatial data using a network of volunteers. The approach collects spatial data to …

Shared mobility has the potential to become an important driver for sustainable mobility.
However, the rapid growth of services in already congested urban areas presents cities with …

Under contribution is an important problem in online social production communities:
important tasks don't get done, and only a small minority of participants are active …

Transportation decision-makers from government agencies play an important role in
addressing the traffic network conditions, which in turn, have a major impact on the well …

Today, the management of different crises in urban areas is among the main challenges of
societies due to their scope and limited resources. Using the crowd to solve these problems …

To understand issues about information accessibility within communities, research studies
have examined human, social, and technical factors by taking a socio-technical view. While …

This dissertation explores innovative techniques for improving the route finding process.
Instead of focusing on improving the algorithm itself, I aim to improve the other factors that …

Social production is a phenomenon that lets a large number of people work together to
produce common resources. The advent of the Internet has enabled this phenomenon to …