SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

2021

Anto Aasa, Pilleriine Kamenjuk, Erki Saluveer, Jan Šimbera & Janika Raun (2021) Spatial interpolation of mobile positioning data for population statistics, Journal of LocationBased Services, 15:4, 239-260, DOI: 10.1080/17489725.2021.1917710

Goel, Rahul; Sharma, Rajesh; Aasa, Anto (2021). Studying segregation in Estonia using call data records. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 11 (1), ARTN 98. DOI: 10.1007/s13278-021-00817-0

Goel R, Sharma R, Aasa A (2021) Understanding gender segregation through Call Data Records: An Estonian case study. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248212. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248212

Järv, O., Masso, A., Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2021). The Link Between Ethnic Segregation and Socio‐Economic Status: An Activity Space Approach. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Vol. 112, No. 3, pp. 319–335.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12465

Altin, L., Ahas, R., Silm, S., Saluveer, E. (2021) Megastar concerts in tourism: a study using mobile phone data, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2021.1936625

Silm, S., Mooses, V., Puura, A., Masso, A., Tominga, A., & Saluveer, E. (2021). The Relationship between Ethno-Linguistic Composition of Social Networks and Activity Space: A Study Using Mobile Phone Data. Social Inclusion, 9(2), 192-207, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i2.3839

Silm, S., Jauhiainen, J. S., Raun, J., Tiru, M. (2021). Temporary population mobilities between Estonia and Finland based on mobile phone data and the emergence of a cross-border region, European Planning Studies, 29:4, 699-719, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1774514

Tammaru, T., Knapp, D., Silm, S., Van Ham, M., Witlox, F. (2021). Spatial Underpinnings of Social Inequalities: A Vicious Circles of Segregation Approach. Social Inclusion, 9 (2), 65−76. DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i2.4345

Järv, O., Tominga, A., Müürisepp, K., Silm, S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on daily lives of transnational people based on smartphone data: Estonians in Finland. Journal of Location Based Services, 15(1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17489725.2021.1887526

2020

Mooses, V., Silm, S., Tammaru, T., Saluveer, E. (2020). An ethno-linguistic dimension in transnational activity space measured with mobile phone data. Humanit Soc Sci Commun7, 140, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00627-3

Kalvet, T., Olesk, M., Tiits, M., Raun, J. (2020). Innovative Tools for Tourism and Cultural Tourism Impact Assessment. Sustainability, 12, 7470. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187470

Poom, A., Järv, O., Zook, M., Toivonen, T. (2020). COVID-19 is spatial: Ensuring that mobile Big Data is used for social good. Big Data & Society 7(2) July-December, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720952088

Silm S, Järv O and Masso A (2020) Tracing human mobilities through mobile phones. In: Büschner M, Freudendal-Pedersen M, Kesselring S, Grauslund Kristensen N (eds) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 182–192. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-research-methods-and-applications-for-mobilities-9781788115452.html

Raun, J., Shoval, N., Tiru, M. (2020). Gateways for intra-national tourism flows: measured using two types of tracking technologies. In: International Journal of Tourism Cities. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-08-2019-0123

Saluveer, E., Raun, J., Tiru, M., Altin, L., Kroon, J., Snitarenko, T., Aasa, A., Silm, S. (2020). Methodological framework for producing national tourism statistics from mobile positioning data. In: Annals of Tourism Research, vol 81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102895

2019

Puura, A., Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2019). The relationship between social networks and spatial mobility. A mobile phone–based study in Estonia. In: Plaut, Pnina O; Shach-Pinsly, Dalit (Ed.). Digital Social Networks and Travel Behaviour in Urban Environments (72−93). London: Routledge DOI: doi.org/10.4324/9780429488719-6.

Ahas, R., Mooses, V., Kamenjuk, P., Tamm, R. (2019). Retrofitting Soviet-Era Apartment Buildings with ‘Smart City’ Features: The H2020 SmartEnCity Project in Tartu, Estonia. In D.B. Hess & T. Tammaru (Eds.), Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries. The Legacy of Central Planning in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (pp. 357-375). DOI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-23392-1_17

Orru, K., Poom, A., Nordlund, A. (2019). Socio-structural and psychological factors behind car use: comparing Northern and Eastern Europe. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 119, 313−325. DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417302598?via%3Dihub

Masso, A., Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2019). Generational differences in spatial mobility: A study with mobile phone data. Population, Space and Place, vol. 25, issue 2. DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/psp.2210

2018

Järv, O., Tenkanen, H., Salonen, M., Ahas, R., Toivonen, T. (2018). Dynamic cities: Location-based accessibility modelling as a function of time. Applied Geography, 95, 101-110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.04.009

Tammiksaar, E., Jauhiainen, J. S., Pae, T., Ahas, R. (2018). Edgar Kant, Estonian geography and the reception of Walter Christaller’s central place theory, 1933-1960. Journal of Historical Geography, 60, 77-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2018.02.001

Puura, A., Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2018). The Relationship between Social Networks and Spatial Mobility: A Mobile-Phone-Based Study in Estonia, Journal of Urban Technology  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10630732.2017.1406253

Silm, S., Ahas, R., Mooses, V. (2018)  Are younger age groups less segregated? Measuring ethnic segregation in activity spaces using mobile phone data, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44:11, 1797-1817, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1400425

2017

Burkhard, O., Ahas, R., Saluveer, E., Weibel, R. (2017). Extracting regular mobility patterns from sparse CDR data without a priori assumptions. Journal of Location Based Services, 11:2, 78-97. DOI: 10.1080/17489725.2017.1333638

Kamenjuk, P., Aasa, A., Sellin, J. (2017). Mapping changes of residence with passive mobile positioning data: the case of Estonia. International Journal of Geographical Information Science http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13658816.2017.1295308

Poom, A., Orru, K., & Ahas, R. (2017). The carbon footprint of business travel in the knowledge-intensive service sector. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 50, 292-304 http://www.sciencedirect.com/…/article/pii/S1361920916308653

2016

Mooses, V., Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2016). Ethnic segregation during public and national holidays: a study using mobile phone data. Geografisca Annaler B: Human Geography, 98 (3), 205−219, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geob.12100

Poom, A. and Ahas, R. (2016). How Does the Environmental Load of Household Consumption Depend on Residential Location? Sustainability 2016, 8, 799; doi:10.3390/su8090799

Raun, J., Ahas, R., Tiru, M. (2016). Measuring tourism destinations using mobile tracking data. Tourism Management 57: 202–212. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.06.006

2015

Ahas, R, Aasa, A., Yuan, Y., Smoreda, Z., Raubal, M., Liu, Y., Ziemlicki, C., Tiru M., Zook, M. (2015). Everyday Space-Time Geographies: Using mobile phone based sensor data to monitor urban activity in Harbin, Paris and Tallinn, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 29(11): 2017-2039

Zook, M.; Kraak, M.J.; Ahas, R. (2015). Geographies of mobility: applications of location-based data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 29 (11), 1935−1940

Toomet, O; Silm, S; Saluveer, E; Ahas, R; Tammaru, T. (2015). Where Do Ethno-Linguistic Groups Meet? How Copresence during Free-Time Is Related to Copresence at Home and at Work. PLoS ONE, 10 (5), 1−16 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126093

Järv, O., Müürisepp, K., Ahas, R., Derudder, B., Witlox, F. (2015). Ethnic differences in activity spaces as a characteristic of segregation: A study based on mobile phone usage in Tallinn, Estonia Urban Studies 0042098014550459, first published on September 22, 2014 as doi:10.1177/0042098014550459, Vol. 52(14) 2680–2698  http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/09/22/0042098014550459.full.pdf+html

2014

Ahas, R., Witlox F., Miller, H. (2014). From the Guest Editors: Mobility, Communication, and Urban Space, Journal of Urban Technology 21 (2):1-7. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10630732.2014.913420

Poom, A., Ahas, R., Orru, K. (2014). The impact of residential location and settlement hierarchy on ecological footprint. Environment and Planning A 46(10): 2369–2384.  http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=a140059p

Nilbe, K., Ahas, R., Silm, S. (2014). Evaluating the Travel Distances of Events Visitors and Regular Visitors Using Mobile Positioning Data: The Case of Estonia, Journal of Urban Technology, 21(2), 91-107 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10630732.2014.888218#.U6BER_l_sR1

Järv, O., Ahas, R. and Witlox, F. (2014). Understanding monthly variability in human activity spaces: a twelve-month study using mobile phone call detail records. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 38 (1): 122–135. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X13002301

Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2014). The temporal variation of ethnic segregation in a city: Evidence from a mobile phone use dataset, Social Science Research, 47, 30-43  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X14000714

Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2014). Ethnic Differences in Activity Spaces: A Study of Out-of-Home Nonemployment Activities with Mobile Phone Data. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 104(3), 542-559  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/.U2DYZfl_swB#.U3RfWPl_sR0

Saluveer E, Ahas, R. (2014). Using Call Detail Records of Mobile Network Operators for transportation studies, In: Timmermans H. & Rasouli S. (eds.) Mobile Technologies for Activity-Travel Data Collection & Analysis, IGI Global, 325 p.

Lamp, M-L, Ahas, R, Tiru, M, Saluveer, E, Aasa, A. (2014). Mobile positioning data in emergency management: measuring the impact of street riots and political confrontation on incoming tourism. In: Liu, C. (ed) Principle and Application Progress in Location-Based Services, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer pp 295-314.

2013

Silm, S., Ahas, R., Nuga, M. (2013). Gender differences in space-time mobility patterns in a post-communist city: a case study based on mobile positioning in the suburbs of Tallinn. Environmnet and Planning B, 5, 814-828 http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=b38068

Novak, J., Ahas, R., Aasa, A., Silm, S. (2013). Application of mobile phone location data in mapping of commuting patterns and functional regionalization: a pilot study of Estonia. Journal of Maps, 9(1), 10 – 15  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17445647.2012.762331#.U3XlAfl_sR0

2012

Järv, O., Ahas, Saluveer, E., Derudder, B., Witlox, F. (2012). Mobile Phones in a Traffic Flow: A Geographical Perspective to Evening Rush Hour Traffic Analysis Using Call Detail Records, PLoS ONE 7(11), http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049171

2011

Kuusik, A., Tiru, M., Varblane, U., Ahas, R. (2011). Process innovation in destination marketing: use of passive mobile positioning (PMP) for segmentation of repeat visitors in case of Estonia, Baltic Journal of Management, 6(3), 378–399.

Saluveer, E., Silm, S., Ahas, R. (2011). Theoretical and methodological framework for measuring physical co-presence with mobile positioning databases. Gartner, G., Ortag, F. (Eds.) Advances in Location-Based Services. 8th International Symposium on Location-Based Services, Vienna 2011. Springer, pp 247-266.

2010

Tiru, M., Kuusik, A., Lamp, M-L., Ahas, R. (2010). LBS in marketing and tourism management: measuring destination loyalty with mobile positioning data. Journal of Location Based Services, 4(2), 120-140.

Ahas, R. (2010). Mobile positioning data in geography and planning, Editorial. Journal of Location Based Services, 4(2), 67-69.

Silm, S., Ahas, R., (2010). The seasonal variability of population in Estonian   municipalities, Environmnet and Planning A, 42(10), 2527-2546.

Tiru, M., Saluveer, E., Ahas, R., Aasa, A. (2010). Web-based monitoring tool for assessing space-time mobility of tourists using mobile positioning data: Positium Barometer. Journal of Urban Technology,  17(1), 71-89.

Ahas, R. (2010). From the Guest Editor: Mobile Positioning and Tracking in Geography and Planning, Journal of Urban Technology,  17(1), 1-2.

Ahas, R., Silm, S., Järv, O., Saluveer E., Tiru, M. (2010). Using Mobile Positioning Data to Model Locations Meaningful to Users of Mobile Phones , Journal of Urban Technology,  17(1): 3-27.

Ahas, R. Aasa, A., Silm, S., Tiru, M. (2010). Daily rhythms of suburban commuters’ movements in the Tallinn metropolitan area: case study with mobile positioning data. Transportation Research C, 18: 45–54.

Ahas, R. (2010). Mobile positioning in mobility studies. In: Mobile Methods (Büscher, M., Urry, J., Witchger K eds.) Routledge, pp. 183-199.

Kuusik, A.; Ahas, R.; Tiru, M. (2010). The ability of turism events to generate destination loyalty towards the country: an Estonian case study. Mäeltsamees, S.; Reiljan, J. (Toim.). XVIII rahvusvaheline majanduspoliitika teaduskonverents Majanduspoliitika Eesti riikides – aasta 2010 (156 – 175).Berliner Wissenchafts-Verlag, Mattimar.

2009

Kuusik, A., Ahas, R., Tiru, M. (2009). Analysing Repeat Visitation on Country Level wirh Passive Mobile Positioning  Method: An Estonian Case Study. XVII Scientific Conference on Economic Policy, Estonia 1–3.07.2009 in Tartu and Värska.

Ahas, R., Pechlaner, H., Nilbe, K. (2009). Developing event marketing strategies with mobile telephone positioning data: case study with Lindora agricultural fair in Estonia. Events and meeting in the city, Göteborg, Sweden, 17.-20.06.2009, conference proceedings.

2008

Tammaru, T., Leetmaa, K., Silm, S, Ahas, R. (2008). New residential areas in the Tallinn Metropolitan Area. European Planning Studies, European Planning. Stud 17(3), 423-439

Ahas, R. Aasa, A., Roose, A., Mark, Ü., Silm, S. (2008). Evaluating passive mobile positioning data for tourism surveys: An Estonian case study. Tourism Management 29(3), 469–486

Ahas, R., Saluveer, E., Tiru,M. and Silm, S. (2008). Mobile Positioning Based Tourism Monitoring System: Positium Barometer. In: O’Connor, P., Höpken, W. and Gretzel, U. (Eds.), Springer Computer Science: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism, pp. 475-485.

Ahas, R., Silm, S,  Saluveer, E. and Järv, O. (2008). Modelling Home and Work Locations of Population Using Passive Mobile Positioning Data. In: G. Gartner and K. Rehr (Eds.) Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Location Based Services and TeleCarography II, From Sensor Fusion to Contexts Models, Springer, pp 301-315.

2007

Ahas, R., Aasa, A., Silm, S., Aunap, R., Kalle, H., Mark, Ü. (2007). Mobile positioning in space-time behaviour studies: Social Positioning Method experiments in Estonia. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 34(4), 259-273.

Ahas, R., Aasa, A., Mark, Ü., Pae, T., Kull, T. (2007). Seasonal tourism spaces in Estonia: case study with mobile positioning data. Tourism Management, 28(3), 898–910.

Ahas, R., Aasa, A., Silm, S., Tiru, M. (2007). Mobile positioning data in tourism studies and monitoring: case study in Tartu, Estonia. In: Sigala, M., Mich, L., Murphy, J. (Eds.), Springer Computer Science: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism, ISBN: 978-3-211-69564-7, pp. 119-128.

Ahas, R., Laineste, J., Aasa, A., Mark, Ü. (2007). The Spatial Accuracy of Mobile Positioning: Some experiences with Geographical Studies in Estonia. In: Gartner, G., Cartwright, W., Peterson, M.P. (Eds.) Location Based Services and TeleCartography. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-36727-7 (pp 122-146).

2006

Ahas, R., Mark, Ü., Järv, O., Nuga, M. (2006). Mobile positioning in sustainability studies: Social Positioning Method in Studying Commuter’s Activity Spaces in Tallinn In: Mander, Ü., Brebbia, C.A. and Tiezzi, E. (Eds.) The Sustainable City IV. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. WIT Press, Southampton, Boston. (pp. 127-135).

Pae, K., Ahas, R. and Mark, Ü. (eds.) (2006). Joint Space. Open Source on Mobile Positioning and Urban Studies. X Venice Biennaale of Architecture. Positium, Tallinn, 174 p.

2005

Ahas, R., Mark, Ü. (2005). Location based services – new challenges for planning and public administration? Futures, 37(6), 547-561.