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¹Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.

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The radiation model for human mobility struggles with long-distance migration. A new modification accounts for directional preferences, improving accuracy without adding parameters.

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Area of Science:

Human mobility modeling
Geographic information science
Computational social science

Background:

The radiation model is a parameter-free approach for human mobility, mainly used for short-distance movements like commuting.
Its application to migration, particularly long-distance moves (e.g., inter-state US migration), results in an underestimation of such movements.
The model exhibits a conceptual inconsistency impacting numerical outcomes for long-distance travel.

Purpose of the Study:

To address the limitations of the radiation model in capturing long-distance migration patterns.
To introduce a modification that resolves the conceptual inconsistency in the radiation model.
To improve the model's fit to observational migration data without introducing new parameters.

Main Methods:

A modification to the radiation model was proposed.
The modification incorporates the angle between alternative potential destinations.
This accounts for potential migrant directional preferences.

Main Results:

The modified radiation model mitigates the conceptual inconsistency.
The enhanced model demonstrates an improved fit to observational migration data.
No additional fitting parameters were required for the modification.

Conclusions:

The proposed modification enhances the radiation model's capability to simulate long-distance migration.
Accounting for directional preferences offers a more accurate representation of human migration patterns.
The improved model provides a valuable tool for understanding and predicting migration without increased complexity.