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Complex systems: Spotlight on mobility
Complex systems: Spotlight on mobility
Nature 484, 7392 (2012). doi:10.1038/484040a
Authors: Dirk Brockmann
The complexity in patterns of human mobility, migration and communication has been difficult to unpack. Researchers have now come up with a simple theory that captures the intricacy of such phenomena. See Letter p.96