Predicting human mobility in the Philippines using the radiation model

Authors

Cephas Olivier V. Cabatit ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Johnrob Y. Bantang ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Pio G. Calderon ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Using the radiation model for human mobility, we estimate the degree of mobility of commuters in the 82 provinces in the Philippines. It was observed from the model that small scale flux was more frequent for the prediction of year 2010. Comparing with port data from the Philippine Port Authority (PPA), it was noted that the plot between the ratios of the port and predicted data was non-linear. This behavior of the ratios may have been due to errors in the data or wrong assumptions of the model for the Philippines. More data is recommended to give a better estimate of the model's feasibility in the Philippines especially since using only port data may discard the more significant amount of flux via land or air routes.

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Issue

2015: Proceedings of the 33rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2015-PA-33

Section

Poster Session PA

Published

2015-06-03

How to Cite

[1]

COV Cabatit, JY Bantang, and PG Calderon, Predicting human mobility in the Philippines using the radiation model, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 33, SPP-2015-PA-33 (2015). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/1189.