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ArticleTransactions in GIS : TG2022

Deep learning fusion of satellite and social information to estimate human migratory flows.

Daniel Runfola, Heather Baier, Laura Mills, Maeve Naughton-Rockwell, Anthony Stefanidis

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Daniel RunfolaDepartment of Applied Science William & Mary Williamsburg Virginia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5356-4676
Heather BaierDepartment of Applied Science William & Mary Williamsburg Virginia USA.
Laura MillsGeospatial Evaluation and Observation Laboratory William & Mary Williamsburg Virginia USA.
Maeve Naughton-RockwellGeospatial Evaluation and Observation Laboratory William & Mary Williamsburg Virginia USA.
Anthony StefanidisInitiative for Computational Societal and Security Research William & Mary Williamsburg Virginia USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human migratory decisions are driven by a wide range of factors, including economic and environmental conditions, conflict, and evolving social dynamics. These factors are reflected in disparate data sources, including household surveys, satellite imagery, and even news and social media. Here, we present a deep learning-based data fusion technique integrating satellite and census data to estimate migratory flows from Mexico to the United States. We leverage a three-stage approach, in which we (1) construct a matrix-based representation of socioeconomic information for each municipality in Mexico, (2) implement a convolutional neural network with both satellite imagery and the constructed socioeconomic matrix, and (3) use the output vectors of information to estimate migratory flows. We find that this approach outperforms alternatives by approximately 10% (

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PMCPMC10645578

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