"The whereabouts of more than 100,000 mobile phone users have been tracked in an attempt to build a comprehensive picture of human movements", reports BBC News.
Most people move less than 10k on a regular basis, with a few moving hundreds of kilometers, with the pattern following a power law. Overall, people tend to return to the same places. "Information was collected for six months. But, according to the researchers, a person's pattern of movement could be seen in just three."
This information, published in Nature, could be of use to understanding outbreaks of infectious disease or to urban planners.
Most people move less than 10k on a regular basis, with a few moving hundreds of kilometers, with the pattern following a power law. Overall, people tend to return to the same places. "Information was collected for six months. But, according to the researchers, a person's pattern of movement could be seen in just three."
This information, published in Nature, could be of use to understanding outbreaks of infectious disease or to urban planners.
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