Modify the Python code used in class to also generate pseudorandomly a population for the city. Instead of a uniform distribution, use a geometric distribution (read this for a reason why to do that and check here how to achieve it).
Modify the drawing of the visualization to draw each city in a size that depends on its population (ideally on a logarithmic scale).
Show your code and the resulting visualization.
Bigger cities tend to have more incoming roads. If we modify the edge cost to contemplate not only the distance between the cities but also the population of the two towns, we could make both MST and TSP favor roads that connect big cities.
One option would be to divide the euclidean distance by the sum (or the product) of the two populations, although there are numerous other logical ways to go about this idea as well.
Either pick one of the above ideas or create your own and test it out in the example code from class, combined with your code for the basic stage of this assessment.
Show your code and the resulting visualization. Remember to cite clearly all sources you consult during your research.
Read about, watch videos, or just think about how does the way in which roads are build differs for the different layers in the transport hierarchy: local roads within a suburb, urban roads within a city, highways between cities. Discuss in writing your thoughts each process and the different factors that you find relevant for each process, with particular emphasis on differences you identify. Think about differences between the transport of people and the transport of goods (cargo) and whether they are significant for the different levels of the road hierarchy.
Remember to cite clearly all sources you consult during your research.
Read about, watch videos, or just think about different methods of transport for people and/or cargo: ground transport by cars, railways, airplanes and airports, boats and ports. What additional factors do you find relevant for other modes of transport that you did not discuss in the basic stage for ground transportation?
Remember again to cite clearly all sources you consult during your research.