Robustness of the air transport network

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-163

  Lordan, Oriol ^a   Sallan, Jose M ^a   Simo, Pep ^a   Gonzalez Prieto, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Travessera de Gràcia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air transport network; Airport closure; Complex networks; Intentional attacks; Robustness

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS;

ADAPTIVE SELECTION; AIR TRANSPORT NETWORKS; AIRPORT CLOSURE; IN NETWORKS; INTENTIONAL ATTACKS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NETWORK-BASED; PERFORMANCE; ROBUSTNESS; SELECTION CRITERIA;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; PLANNING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84902150869     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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