Small-world characteristics on transportation networks: A perspective from network autocorrelation

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-205

  Xu, Zengwang ^a   Sui, Daniel Z ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network autocorrelation; Small world network; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 34250623691     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-007-0045-1     Document Type: Article

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