Implement basic gravity model, e.g. as si_gravity()

[Robinlovelace]

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[R-icntay]

Happy to help!

Just to run this with @Robinlovelace , @adamdennett

This is what we would be implementing, right? The total unconstrained model?

$T_{ij} = k V_i^\mu W_j^\alpha d_{ij}^-\beta$

[Robinlovelace]

Yes, that looks like the one!

$\mu \alpha \beta$

Can be set to 1 by default I think so it would be something like...

[Robinlovelace]

si_gravity = function(v, w, k = 1, mu = 1, alpha = 1, beta = 1) {
  # ...
}

Does that make sense? I may well be missing something!

[adamdennett]

Yeah, that will do for a basic model, although set beta to -1 rather than 1 in any initial model. K can also be calculated simply as all flows in the system / the rest of the model, but 1 as a starter is fine

[Robinlovelace]

Thanks Adam for this key input!