Evaluating the Adequacy of Gravity Models as a Description of Human Mobility for Epidemic Modelling

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Truscott, James ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DATA NETWORK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC MODELING; GOOD AND SERVICES; GRAVITY MODELING; HISTORY OF USE; HUMAN MOBILITY; MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES; NATURAL BASIS; SYNTHETIC NETWORKS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84868131328     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002699     Document Type: Article

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