Uncovering the differences and similarities between physical and virtual mobility.

ABSTRACT: The recent availability of digital traces from information and communications technologies has facilitated the study of both individual- and population-level movement with unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution, enabling us to better understand a plethora of socio-economic processes such as urbanization, transportation, impact on the environment and epidemic spreading to name a few. Using empirical spatio-temporal trends, several mobility models have been proposed to explain the observed regularities in human movement. With the advent of the World Wide Web, a new type of virtual mobility has emerged that has begun to supplant many traditional facets of human activity. Here, we conduct a systematic analysis of physical and virtual movement, uncovering both similarities and differences in

SUBMITTER: Hazarie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7423426 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature