The worldwide air transportation network: Anomalous centrality, community structure, and cities' global roles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7794-7799

  Guimera R ^a   Mossa, S ^b   Turtschi, A ^c   Amaral, L A N ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c Campus Kronberg 7   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betweenness centrality; Complex networks; Critical infrastructures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CENTRALIZATION; CITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20344377406     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407994102     Document Type: Article

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