Maritime constellations: a complex network approach to shipping and ports

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-168

  Ducruet, César ^a   Zaidi, Faraz ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b KARACHI INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER SHIP; MARITIME TRADE; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PORT OPERATION; SHIPPING; TOPOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84858331928     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.650718     Document Type: Article

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