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MODELING TEMPORAL CHANGE IN FLOW MATRICES
Author(s) -
Rogerson Peter A.,
Plane David A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1984.tb00821.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , flow (mathematics) , constant (computer programming) , lag , computer science , matrix (chemical analysis) , information flow , econometrics , operations research , mathematics , economics , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , geometry , management , composite material , programming language
Regional analysts are often faced with the task of forecasting future flows. The ability to carry out such a task is often limited to a reliance on either a Markovian assumption or other techniques that use only one or two observed flow matrices. This paper explores alternative methods that may be used to combine the information contained in an observed temporal sequence of flow matrices. Information theoretic principles, lag structures, and constant causative matrix operators are among the techniques discussed. These methods are applied and evaluated using inter‐regional migration flow data for the United States.