Network topology and city accessibility of the commercial internet

Professional Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-339

  Wheeler, David C ^a   O'Kelly, Morton E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City accessibility; Internet; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000878588     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00169     Document Type: Article

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