Structure, scaling, and phase transition in the optimal transport network

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Bohn, Steffen ^a,b   Magnasco, Marcelo O ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COST ACCOUNTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

COST FUNCTIONALS; GLOBAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 33847209222     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.088702     Document Type: Article

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