Refereed Journal Papers – Strep Lab. Tohoku Univ.

Refereed Journal Papers (Okumura)

31. Ryoga HIROKI; Thanakrit YOONGSOMPORN; Alvin C. G. VARQUEZ; Sunkyung CHOI; Makoto OKUMURA; Shinya HANAOKA; Manabu KANDA: Dynamic Population Thermal Exposure using UTCI and Mobile Population Data, Journal of JSCE Special Publication, 25-16026, 2026. 2026.2. https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjscesp.25-16026
30. Thanakrit YOONGSOMPORN; Alvin C. G. VARQUEZ; Sunkyung CHOI; Makoto OKUMURA; Shinya HANAOKA; Manabu KANDA: Rainfall’s Influence on Natiowide Human Mobility as Evidenced from High Spatiotemporal Resolution Rain and Population Data, Journal of JSCE Special Publication, 25-16025, 2026. 2026.2. https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjscesp.25-16025
29. Satoshi Motoki; Makoto Okumura: Optimization-Based Methodology for Comprehensive Sustainability Analysis of Intercity Passenger Transportation Network, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 2025.12, Volume 16 ,PP4049, https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.16.PP4049
28. Shinya Horiai; Makoto Okumura; Kazuto Sato: The necessity of macroscopic directional guidance in pedestrian tsunami evacuation: a zonal MFD-based optimization approach. Front. Phys. 13:1644312, https//doi:.org/10.3389/fphy.2025.1644312
27. Alvin C.G. Varquez;Janat Taerakul; Florent Renard; Lucille Alonso; Sunkyung Choi; Ryoga Hiroki; Yasunobu Ashie; Eiko Kumakura; Makoto Okumura; Shinya Hanaoka; Atsushi Inagaki; Manabu Kanda: High-resolution outdoor heat-risk modeling for city central areas with applications to Tokyo and Lyon, Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025.4. 9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106344
26.Thanakrit Yoongsomporn; Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez; Sunkyung Choi; Makoto Okumura; Shinya Hanaoka; Manabu Kanda: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Human Mobility in Greater Tokyo Area Using Hourly 500 m Mobile Spatial Statistics from 2019 to 2021, Urban Science, 2025, 9,50 2025.2, https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/9/2/50
25. Naoko Kosaka; Shuji Moriguchi; Akihiro Shibayama; Tsuneko Kura; Naoko Shigematsu; Kazuki Okumura; Erick Mas; Makoto Okumura; Shunichi Koshimura; Kenjiro Terada; Akinori Fujino; Hiroshi Matsubara; Masaki Hisada. A Study on Digital Model for Decision-Making in Crisis Response, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.19 No.3, pp.489-500 2024.5, https://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2024.p0489
24.Sugama, A.; Okumura, M. Simultaneous optimization of network and fares for self-financing public transportation system, Asian Transport Studies, Volume 10, 2024, 100135; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2024.100135
23. Okubo, K.; Okumura, M. Understanding Project Performance with Stochastic Interruption. Sustainability 2022, 14(5), 2964; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052964.
22. Makoto OKUMURA; Wataru ITO: A Statistical Analysis of Japanese Inter-Prefectural Migration After Disasters, 2018.10, Journal of Disaster Research, 13(6), 1072-1081. DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1072
21. Rubel DAS; Makoto OKUMURA: Analysis of the Effect of Different Demand Trends in Deterministic Relief Inventory Model, 2018.4, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies,12, 757-780. DOI: 10.11175/easts.12.757
20. Shosuke Sato, Kazumasa Hanaoka, Makoto Okumura, Shunichi Koshimura: Grasp of Disaster Situation and Support Need inside Affected Area with Social Sensing – An Analysis of Twitter Data before and after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Occurring -, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.11 No.2, pp. 198-206, 2016.3
19. Rubel DAS; Makoto OKUMURA: A Relief ordering policy for Declining Demand and Realized Shortage Cost, 2016.1, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 6(1):100-116. DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-03-2015-0012
18. Hiromichi Yamaguchi, Makoto Okumura: Frequency Distribution of Leisure Travel by the Japanese: The Past and Future, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.11, pp.566-579, 2015.12.
17. Rubel DAS; Makoto OKUMURA: Effect of Demand Distributions and Declining Urgency of a Perishable Item in Relief Ordering Policy, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.11, pp.708-721, 2015.12.
16. Huseyin TIRTOM; Makoto OKUMURA; Hiromichi YAMAGUCHI; Rubel DAS: Network Fortification Model for Intercity Passenger Transportation, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.11, pp.75-89, 2015.12.
15. Toru SAKAI, Shigemi HATTA, Makoto OKUMURA, Tetsuya HIYAMA, Yasushi YAMAGUCHI and Gen INOUE: Use of Landsat TM/ETM+ to monitor the spatial and temporal extent of spring breakup floods in the Lena River, Siberia, 2015.2, International Journal of Remote Sensing (Impact Factor: 1.36). 36(3):719-733. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.995271
14. Tsukai, M.Inoue, S. Kuwano, M. and Okumura, M. : Statistical Analysis on Multivariate Expressway ? Traffic Series Under the Different Toll Policies, 2013.9, Asian Transport Studies, Vol.2, No.4, 411-420.
13. Makoto Okumura, Makoto Tsukai, Naoki Takada: A rank-size rule in a firm, produced from a hierarchical branch office location model, 2010.12, Review of Urban and Regional Development, Volume 22, Issue 2-3, 73-88.
12. Tsukai, M. Okumura, M. and Kuwano, M. : Empirical Analysis on Inter-regional Tourism Demand in Japan Considering Trip Generation, 2010.9, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.8, 1054-1068.
11. Nava,Fonseca, C. and Okumura, M. : Modeling the Moped Flow Aiming Discrete Target Times, 2010.9, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.8, 511-522.
10. Okumura, M., Tsukai, M. and Kimura Y. : Propagation of Improvement Effects of Critical Inter-city Link ? The Japanese Decadal Change of the Available Travel Routes ?, 2010.9, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.8, 297-310.
9. C.A. Nava Fonseca, M.Okumura: Time-dimensional transportation management to decrease the transformation cost of growing cities ?An example of safety for the moped in a campus under construction works ?, 2010.7, Asian Pacific Planning Review, Vol.6,No.1, pp.77-84.
8. Okumura, M. and Tsukai, M. : Air-Rail Inter-modal Network Design under Hub Capacity Constraint, 2007.12, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.7, 180-194.
7. Tsukai,M. and Okumura, M. : Retrospective Assessment of Inter-regional Transportation Service — Network Externality in LOS Improvement —, 2005.9, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.6 pp.328-341.
6. Yoshimura,M., Okumura M.. and Isozaki, A.: Optimal Fare Arrangement and Operations for Demand Responsive Bus System in Suburbs, 2005.9, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.6 pp.457-466.
5. Yoshimura M. and Okumura M.: Congestion Charge and Return Schemes on Modal Choice between Road and Railroad, 2004.6, International Journal of Urban Sciences, Vol.8, No.1, pp.61-73.
4. Yoshimura M. and Okumura M.: Congestion Charge and Return Schemes on Modal Choice between Road and Railroad, 2003.10, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.5, pp.1845-1858.
3. Tsukai M. and Okumura M.: Analysis of Inter-city Passenger’s Route Choice Behavior on Non-Shortest Routes, 2003.10, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for the Transport Studies, Vol.5, pp.1463-1475.
2. K.Kobayashi, M.Okumura : The growth of city systems with high-speed railway systems, 1997. 1, Annals of Regional Science, Vol.31, No.1, pp.39-56．
1. T.R.Lakshmanan, M.Okumura: The Nature and Evolution of Knowledge Networks in Japanese Manufacturing, 1995. 1, Papers in Regional Science, vol.74, No.1, pp.63-86.