Universal predictability of mobility patterns in cities

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 100, 2014, Pages

  Yan, Xiao Yong ^a,b   Zhao, Chen ^a   Fan, Ying ^a   Di, Zengru ^a   Wang, Wen Xu ^a,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHIJIAZHUANG TIEDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

City scale; Human mobility; Population weighted opportunities model; Trip distribution model

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; CITY SCALE; DATA REQUIREMENTS; DISTANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HUMAN MOBILITY; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS; TRIP DISTRIBUTION;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CITY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; TRAVEL; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84908156144     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0834     Document Type: Article

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