stplanr (version 0.1.4)

od_radiation: Function that estimates flow between points or zones using the radiation model

Description

This is an implementation of the radiation model proposed in a paper by Simini et al. (2012).

Usage

od_radiation(p, pop_var = "population", proportion = 1)

Arguments

p

A SpatialPoints dataframe, the first column of which contains a unique ID

pop_var

A character string representing the variable that corresponds to the population of the zone or point

proportion

A number representing the proportion of the population who commute (1, the default, means 100 percent of the population commute to work)

References

Simini, F., Gonzalez, M.C., Maritan, A., Barabasi, A.L., 2012. A universal model for mobility and migration patterns. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature10856

Examples

# load some points data
data(cents)
# plot the points to check they make sense
plot(cents)
class(cents)
# Create test population to model flows
set.seed(2050)
cents$population <- runif(n = nrow(cents), min = 100, max = 1000)
# estimate
flowlines_radiation <- od_radiation(cents, pop_var = "population")
flowlines_radiation$flow
sum(flowlines_radiation$flow, na.rm = TRUE) # the total flow in the system
sum(cents$population) # the total inter-zonal flow
plot(flowlines_radiation, lwd = flowlines_radiation$flow / 100)
points(cents, cex = cents$population / 100)