Visualization of the least-cost path between three points, calculated using Dijkstra's algorithm. The route successfully circumvents major topographical obstacles like the Alps and the Pyrenees, while also finding optimal passages through the mountains where necessary. (copyright: Lena Perlberg).

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How can we actually map out potential patterns of human #migration? Max Brockmann discusses how he and Lena Perlberg use methods of #probability to estimate how earlier humans may have moved throughout Europe! 🌍

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Distance Accumulation Vs Cost Distance Tools Hey All,   I am trying to create a tool using least coast path analysis and stumbled across something a bit odd between the old deprecated tool and the new one.  The results I get when using the "Cost Distance" tool, vs the "Distance Accumulation" tool are quite different.  Even though, theoreticall...

#leastcostpath #CostAccumulation

Simulating and Analysing Seabird Flyways: An Approach Combining Least‐Cost Path Modelling and Machine Learning Aim We develop and test a cost framework to simulate the flyways of migratory seabirds, considering various environmental factors such as wind support, crosswind, travel distance, and food availabil...

New publication: Simulating and analysing #seabird #flyways: an approach combining least-cost path modelling and #machinelearning. #avianmigration #climatechange #leastcostpath
doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Well, now I’m changing the way I teach people Dijkstra’s algorithm. #LeastCostPath