Network analysis of commuting flows: A comparative static approach to German data

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-331

  Patuelli, Roberto ^a   Reggiani, Aura ^b   Gorman, Sean P ^c   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Bade, Franz Josef ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commuting; Complex networks; Dynamics; German districts; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; COMPARATIVE STATICS; CONNECTIVITY STRUCTURES; GERMAN DISTRICTS; INFRASTRUCTURE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SPATIAL INTERACTION MODEL;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SPECIFICATIONS;

EID: 35448935139     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-007-9027-6     Document Type: Article

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