Numerical experimentation with a human migration model

Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, Nataliya Kalashnykova, Ramón Luévanos Rojas, Muí±os, Mario Méndez, César Uranga and Arnulfo Luévanos Rojas

European Journal of Operational Research, 2008, vol. 189, issue 1, 208-229

Abstract: In this paper, we develop a human migration model with a conjectural variations equilibrium (CVE). In contrast to previous works we extend the model to the case where the conjectural variations coefficients may be not only constants, but also (continuously differentiable) functions of the total population at the destination and of the group's fraction in it. Moreover, we allow these functions to take distinct values at the abandoned location and at the destination. As an experimental verification of the proposed model, we develop a specific form of the model based upon relevant population data of a three-city agglomeration at the boundary of two Mexican states: Durango (Dgo.) and Coahuila (Coah.). Namely, we consider the 1980-2000 dynamics of population growth in the three cities: Torreón (Coah.), Gómez Palacio (Dgo.) and Lerdo (Dgo.), and propose utility functions of four various kinds for each of the three cities. After having collected necessary information about the average movement and transportation (i.e., migration) costs for each pair of the cities, we apply the above-mentioned human migration model to this example. Numerical experiments have been conducted with interesting results concerning the probable equilibrium states revealed.

Date: 2008
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