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A Generalized Radiation Model for Human Mobility: Spatial Scale, Searching Direction and Trip Constraint

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  • Chaogui Kang
  • Yu Liu
  • Diansheng Guo
  • Kun Qin

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We generalized the recently introduced “radiation model”, as an analog to the generalization of the classic “gravity model”, to consolidate its nature of universality for modeling diverse mobility systems. By imposing the appropriate scaling exponent λ, normalization factor κ and system constraints including searching direction and trip OD constraint, the generalized radiation model accurately captures real human movements in various scenarios and spatial scales, including two different countries and four different cities. Our analytical results also indicated that the generalized radiation model outperformed alternative mobility models in various empirical analyses.

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  • Chaogui Kang & Yu Liu & Diansheng Guo & Kun Qin, 2015. "A Generalized Radiation Model for Human Mobility: Spatial Scale, Searching Direction and Trip Constraint," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(11), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0143500
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143500
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