The topology of transportation networks: A comparison between different economies

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-458

  Blumenfeld Lieberthal, Efrat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clustering coefficient; Connectivity degree; Network topology; Transportation networks

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING COEFFICIENT; CONNECTIVITY DEGREE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HIGH VOLUMES; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; TOPOLOGY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 70449527804     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-008-9067-6     Document Type: Article

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