In this paper, we analyze the rural-urban migration phenomenon as it is usually observed in economies which are in the early stages of industrialization. The analysis is conducted by means of a statistical mechanics approach which builds a computational agent-based model. Agents are placed on a latt
An analysis of rural-to-rural migration in India
โ Scribed by Prabir C. Bhattacharya
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0954-1748
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