Modelling the scaling properties of human mobility
Chaoming Song,Chaoming Song,Tal Koren,Tal Koren,Pu Wang,Pu Wang,Albert-László Barabási,Albert-László Barabási,Albert-László Barabási +8 more
TL;DR: Empirical data is used to show that the predictions of the CTRW models are in systematic conflict with the empirical results, and two principles that govern human trajectories are introduced, allowing for a statistically self-consistent microscopic model for individual human mobility.
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Abstract: Individual human trajectories are characterized by fat-tailed distributions of jump sizes and waiting times, suggesting the relevance of continuous-time random-walk (CTRW) models for human mobility. However, human traces are barely random. Given the importance of human mobility, from epidemic modelling to traffic prediction and urban planning, we need quantitative models that can account for the statistical characteristics of individual human trajectories. Here we use empirical data on human mobility, captured by mobile-phone traces, to show that the predictions of the CTRW models are in systematic conflict with the empirical results. We introduce two principles that govern human trajectories, allowing us to build a statistically self-consistent microscopic model for individual human mobility. The model accounts for the empirically observed scaling laws, but also allows us to analytically predict most of the pertinent scaling exponents.
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