Selected Publications

• Foroutan, E.; Hu, T. (2026). Expert knowledge-driven hybrid fuzzy-logic modeling of heat-related illnesses. Transactions in GIS. Under review.
• Foroutan, E., Niazmardi, S., Hu, T (2025). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Florida (2005–2021): A Bayesian Change Point Detection Approach. Sustainable Cities and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106288
• Foroutan, E., Hu, T., Li, Z., (2025). Revealing Key Factors of Heat-related Illnesses using Geospatial Explainable AI Model: A Case Study in Texas, USA. Sustainable Cities and Society. 122, 106243 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106243
• Foroutan, E., Yu, H., Saliki, J., Ramchandran, A., (2025). A GIS-based Framework for Routing Decisions to Reduce Livestock Disease Exposure Risk. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 238, 106472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106472
• Foroutan, E., Hu, T., Zhang, F., Yu, H., (2024). Assessing Heat Vulnerability in Philadelphia using Geographically Weighted Principal Component Analysis (GWPCA): A Geospatial Big Data-driven Approach. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 127, 103653, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103653
• Foroutan, E., Delavar, M. R., Pijanowski, B. C., & Araabi, B. N. (2022). Urban growth modeling based on cellular automata with transition rules optimized using genetic fuzzy systems. Transactions in GIS, 26(8), 3253-3276. https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13000