New Human Movement Model Can Aid In Studying Epidemic Outbreaks, Public Planning
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 17:35
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have developed a new statistical model that simulates human mobility patterns, mimicking the way people move over the course of a day, a month or longer. The model is the first to represent the regular movement patterns of humans using statistical data. The model has a host of potential uses, ranging from land use planning to public health studies of epidemic disease.