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Exploring Urban Environments By Random Walks

Physics and Society 2009-11-13 v1 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Authors: Ph. Blanchard , D. Volchenkov
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Abstract

A complex web of roads, walkways and public transport systems can hide areas of geographical isolation very difficult to analyze. Random walks are used to spot the structural details of urban fabric.

Keywords

urban complex networks random walk theory traffic flow

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@article{arxiv.0801.3216,
  title  = {Exploring Urban Environments By Random Walks},
  author = {Ph. Blanchard and D. Volchenkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3216},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, 12 figures

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