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EPICGen: an experimental platform for indoor congestion generation and forecasting

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Chrysovalantis Anastasiou,

Constantinos Costa,

Panos K. Chrysanthis,

Cyrus ShahabiAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Volume 14, Issue 12

Pages 2803 - 2806

https://doi.org/10.14778/3476311.3476349

Published: 01 July 2021 Publication History

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Effectively and accurately forecasting the congestion in indoor spaces has become particularly important during the pandemic in order to reduce the risk of exposure to airborne viruses. However, there is a lack of readily available indoor congestion data to train such models. Therefore, in this demo paper we propose EPICGen, an experimental platform for indoor congestion generation to support congestion forecasting in indoor spaces. EPICGen consists of two components: (i) Grid Overlayer, which models the floor plans of buildings; and (ii) Congestion Generator, a realistic indoor congestion generator. We demonstrate EPICGen through an intuitive map-based user interface that enables end-users to customize the parameters of the system and visualize generated datasets.

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Sarris VChrysanthis PCosta C(2023)Recommending the Least Congested Indoor-Outdoor Paths without Ignoring TimeProceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Data10.1145/3609956.3609969(121-130)Online publication date: 23-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3609956.3609969

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EPICGen: an experimental platform for indoor congestion generation and forecasting
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Visualization
    1. Visualization application domains
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Spatial-temporal systems

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Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment Volume 14, Issue 12

July 2021

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Sarris VChrysanthis PCosta C(2023)Recommending the Least Congested Indoor-Outdoor Paths without Ignoring TimeProceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Data10.1145/3609956.3609969(121-130)Online publication date: 23-Aug-2023
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