Global Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Human Migration: A Complex Network Perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Davis, Kyle F ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Laio, Francesco ^b   Ridolfi, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL HUMAN MIGRATION NETWORK; IMMIGRATION; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84872808260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053723     Document Type: Article

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