Spatially dependent diffusion
In the
spatially dependent diffusion process, it is assumed that the spread is spatially
continuous from one or several sources.
Contagious expansion diffusion:
where the spreading phenomenon has a source and diffuses outwards into new
contiguous areas, like wildfire or diffusion of innovation or an infectious
disease.
Relocation diffusion: where the
spread occurs when the spreading phenomena moves into new areas like
migration. It could be interpreted as a movement or a travel in space. This
specific spatial process will be considered in more details in the next section.