Title
Human Migration Networks And Policy Interventions: Bringing Population Distributions In Line With System Optimization
Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate that, through policy interventions, in the form of subsidies, a system-optimum for a multiclass human migration network can be achieved, despite the migrants, who can be refugees, behaving in a user-optimized manner. The formulation and analysis are conducted using variational inequality theory. The policy intervention allows governmental decision-makers to moderate the flow of migrants while enhancing societal welfare. An algorithm is proposed and applied to compute the solutions to a series of numerical examples, with changes in initial populations and utility functions, inspired by a pandemic, followed by a natural disaster.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1111/itor.12815
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
human migration, networks, variational inequalities, policy interventions, system optimization, user optimization, subsidies
Journal
28
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0969-6016
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anna Nagurney167796.18
Patrizia Daniele211316.01
Giorgia Cappello300.34