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Bridging human mobility and urban growth

A human mobility model that takes into account social interaction and long-term memory mechanisms is proposed, shedding more light onto the interplay between human movements and urban growth.

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Fig. 1: Illustration of the proposed model and the evolving urban system and mobility fluxes in the Houston metropolitan area.

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Wang, P. Bridging human mobility and urban growth. Nat Comput Sci 1, 778–779 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-021-00166-0

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