Deep Generative Model for Human Mobility Behavior

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06473v1
• Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:22:08 GMT
• Title: Deep Generative Model for Human Mobility Behavior
• Authors: Ye Hong, Yatao Zhang, Konrad Schindler, Martin Raubal,
• Abstract summary: We present MobilityGen, a deep generative model that produces realistic mobility trajectories spanning days to weeks large spatial scales.<n>By linking behavioral attributes with environmental context, MobilityGen reproduces key patterns such as scaling laws for location visits, activity time allocation, and destination choices.<n> MobilityGen yields insights not attainable with earlier models, including how access to urban space varies across travel modes and how co-presence dynamics shape social exposure and segregation.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Understanding and modeling human mobility is central to challenges in transport planning, sustainable urban design, and public health. Despite decades of effort, simulating individual mobility remains challenging because of its complex, context-dependent, and exploratory nature. Here, we present MobilityGen, a deep generative model that produces realistic mobility trajectories spanning days to weeks at large spatial scales. By linking behavioral attributes with environmental context, MobilityGen reproduces key patterns such as scaling laws for location visits, activity time allocation, and the coupled evolution of travel mode and destination choices. It reflects spatio-temporal variability and generates diverse, plausible, and novel mobility patterns consistent with the built environment. Beyond standard validation, MobilityGen yields insights not attainable with earlier models, including how access to urban space varies across travel modes and how co-presence dynamics shape social exposure and segregation. Our work establishes a new framework for mobility simulation, paving the way for fine-grained, data-driven studies of human behavior and its societal implications.

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