A long-time limit for world subway networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 75, 2012, Pages 2540-2550

  Roth, Camille ^a,b   Kang, Soong Moon ^c   Batty, Michael ^c   Barthelemy, Marc ^a,d  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UPS3611   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Core and branch geometry; Evolution of networks; Spatial networks; Urban transportation

Indexed keywords

GEOMECHANICS; UNDERPASSES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AVERAGE DEGREE; AVERAGE DIAMETER; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; GENERIC FEATURES; GEOMETRIC PICTURE; SPATIAL MEASURES; SPATIAL NETWORK; SQUARE ROOTS; SUBWAY NETWORK; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UNIVERSAL MECHANISMS;

RAILROADS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84866244975     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0259     Document Type: Article

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