Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Sun, S., Di, C., Li, L., Sulkow, B., & Qiu, W. (2024). Quantity of questing black-legged ticks and associated micro-scale environmental data collected from four Suburban Parks near New York City. Data in Brief, 52: 109819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109819.
Sun, S., Parker, D. C., & Brown, D. G. (2023). From an agent-based laboratory to the real world: Effects of “neighborhood” size on urban sprawl. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 99: 101889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101889”
Sun, S. (2023, June 28-30). Redrawing electoral maps to curb gerrymandering: a case study of New York State in 2022. 5th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2023), Servilla, Spain. https://doi.org/10.4995/CARMA2023.2023.16481
Di, C., Sulkow, B., Qiu, W., & Sun, S. (2023). Effects of Micro-Scale Environmental Factors on the Quantity of Questing Black-Legged Ticks in Suburban New York. Applied Sciences, 13(20), 11587. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132011587
Sun, S. (2022). A Mapping of the Twentieth-Century Urban Geography in North America Using Written Narratives and Network Analysis. The Professional Geographer, 74(4), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2022.2048871
Kelley, D., & Sun, S. (2021). How Phantom Networks, Provider Qualities, and Poverty Sway Medicaid Dental Care Access: A Geospatial Analysis of Manhattan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), 12383. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/23/12383
Sun, S. (2020). Applying forces to generate cartograms: a fast and flexible transformation framework. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2020.1745092
Sun, S. (2020). Developing a Comprehensive and Coherent Shape Compactness Metric for Gerrymandering. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1760779
Sun, S. (2018). A spatial one-to-many flow layout algorithm using triangulation, approximate Steiner trees, and path smoothing. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2018.1437359
Sun, S. (2017). Examining intraurban migration in the Twin Cities metropolitan area using parcel data. In L. A. Schintler & Z. Chen (Eds.), Big Data for Regional Science (pp. 64-74). Routledge.
Sun, S. (2016, September 14-16). An Automated Spatial Flow Layout Algorithm using Triangulation, Approximate Steiner Tree, and Path Smoothing. AutoCarto 2016: The 21st International Research Symposium on Computer-based Cartography and GIScience, Albuquerque, NM.
Sun, S. (2016). Symbolize map distortion with inscribed circles in polygons. International Journal of Cartography, 2(2), 166-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/23729333.2016.1179863
Sun, S., & Manson, S. M. (2015). Simple Agents, Complex Emergent City: Agent-Based Modeling of Intraurban Migration. In M. Helbich, J. Jokar Arsanjani, & M. Leitner (Eds.), Computational Approaches for Urban Environments (Vol. 13, pp. 123-147). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11469-9_6
Sun, S. (2015). A perception-based color recommendation algorithm for hierarchical regions. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 42(3), 259-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2014.991424
MacDonald, G. K., Brauman, K. A., Sun, S., Carlson, K. M., Cassidy, E. S., Gerber, J. S., & West, P. C. (2015). Rethinking Agricultural Trade Relationships in an Era of Globalization. BioScience, 65(3), 275-289. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biu225
Sun, S., Parker, D. C., Huang, Q., Filatova, T., Robinson, D. T., Riolo, R. L., Hutchins, M., & Brown, D. G. (2014). Market Impacts on Land-Use Change: An Agent-Based Experiment. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 104(3), 460-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2014.892338
Huang, Q., Parker, D. C., Filatova, T., & Sun, S. (2014). A review of urban residential choice models using agent-based modeling. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 41(4), 661-689. https://doi.org/10.1068/b120043p
Sun, S. (2013). A Fast Free-Form Rubber-Sheet Algorithm for Contiguous Area Cartograms. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 27(3), 567-593. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2012.709247
Sun, S. (2013). An Optimized Rubber-Sheet Algorithm for Continuous Area Cartograms. The Professional Geographer, 65(1), 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2011.639613
Robinson, D. T., Sun, S., Hutchins, M., Riolo, R. L., Brown, D. G., Parker, D. C., Filatova, T., Currie, W. S., & Kiger, S. (2013). Effects of land markets and land management on ecosystem function: A framework for modelling exurban land-change. Environmental Modelling & Software, 45(0), 129-140. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.06.016
Huang, Q., Parker, D. C., Sun, S., & Filatova, T. (2013). Effects of agent heterogeneity in the presence of a land-market: A systematic test in an agent-based laboratory. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 41(0), 188-203. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.06.004
Sun, S., & Manson, S. M. (2012). Intraurban Migration, Neighborhoods, and City Structure. Urban Geography, 33(7), 1008-1029. https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.33.7.1008
Parker, D. C., Sun, S., Filatova, T., Magliocca, N., Huang, Q., Brown, D. G., & Riolo, R. (2012). The implications of alternative developer decision-making strategies on land-use and land-cover in an agent-based land market model. The Sixth Biennial Meeting of International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Leipzig, Germany.
Parker, D. C., Brown, D. G., Filatova, T., Riolo, R., Robinson, D. T., & Sun, S. (2012). Do Land Markets Matter? A Modeling Ontology and Experimental Design to Test the Effects of Land Markets for an Agent-Based Model of Ex-Urban Residential Land-Use Change. In A. J. Heppenstall, A. T. Crooks, L. M. See, & M. Batty (Eds.), Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems (pp. 525-542). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4_26
Manson, S. M., Sun, S., & Bonsal, D. (2012). Agent-Based Modeling and Complexity. In A. J. Heppenstall, A. T. Crooks, L. M. See, & M. Batty (Eds.), Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems (pp. 125-139). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4_7
Sun, S., & Manson, S. M. (2011). Social Network Analysis of the Academic GIScience Community. The Professional Geographer, 63(1), 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2010.533560
Sun, S., & Manson, S. M. (2010). An Agent-based Model of Housing Search and Intraurban Migration in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. IEMSS Fifth Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, Canada.
Robinson, D. T., Filatova, T., Sun, S., Riolo, R. L., Brown, D. G., & Parker, D. C. (2010). Integrating Land Markets, Land Management, and Ecosystem Function in a Model of Land Change. IEMSS Fifth Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, Canada.
Sun, S. (2009). Intraurban Migration in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of Minnesota [Dissertation, University of Minnesota]. Minneapolis, MN USA.
Manson, S. M., Sander, H. A., Ghosh, D., Oakes, J. M., Jr, M. W. O., Craig, W. J., Jr, T. F. L., Myott, E., & Sun, S. (2009). Parcel Data for Research and Policy. Geography Compass, 3(2), 698-726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00209.x
Sun, S., & Manson, S. M. (2007, Sep. 15). Distance Cartogram: Concept, Approximate Algorithm, and Examples 2007 International Workshop on Geographic Information Science Beijing, China.
Pan, M., Wang, Y., Li, K., & Sun, S. (2003). Multi-Resolution Octree Data Structure: Theory Research and Application (In Chinese). Geography and Geo-Information Science, 19(4), 37-40.
Sun, S., Li, Y., Xu, S., Meng, X., & Zhong, Z. (2001). Dynamic Positioning and Railway Management Information System (In Chinese). Railway Computer Application, 10(9), 25-27.
Sun, S. (2001). GIS Network Analysis Kernel Algorithm Optimization and 3D Scene Simulation [Master’s Thesis, Peking University]. Beijing, China.
Xiao, B., Hou, J., Xiao, K., & Sun, S. (2000). Visual Statistical Software System for Spatial Information (In Chinese). Geological Reivew, 46(Z1), 176-181.
Datasets, Models, and Web Maps
Sun, S., & Di, C. (2023). Quantity of Questing Blacklegged Ticks and Micro-scale Environmental Factors in Four Suburban Parks near New York City (Version 2) Mendeley Data. https://doi.org/10.17632/d24yyp96dc.2
Sun, S. (2023). Mapping and Assessing Four New York State Districting Maps. In (Version 2.0) [Web-based]. CARSI Lab, Hunter College. http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/~ssun/nys_districting and https://me.sunsp.net/nys_cd_maps
Sun, S., Parker, D., Huang, Q., Brown, D., Filatova, T., Riolo, R. L., Robinson, D., & Hutchins, M. (2022). SLUCEII LUXE (Land Use in an eXurban Environment). In (Version 2.0.0) CoMSES Computational Model Library. https://www.comses.net/codebases/3942/releases/2.0.0/
Sun, S. (2022). Personalities in North American Urban Geography (Version V1) Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/UBMRZS
Sun, S., & Ahearn, S. C. (2021). Mapping the COVID-19 Development and Modeling Results in US Counties In (Version 2.0) CARSI Lab, Hunter College. http://www.geo.hunter.cuny/~ssun/covid_dashboard and http://carsimodel.com
Sun, S. (2020). Software and Example Data for F4Carto: A Fast and Flexible Force-based Transformation Framework for Cartograms (Version V1) Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi/10.7910/DVN/6ST8NQ