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Designing and optimizing the structure of urban transportation networks is a challenging task. In this study, we propose a method inspired by optimal transport theory and the principle of economy of scale that uses little information in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-10-10 Daniela Leite , Caterina De Bacco

The behavior of complex networks under failure or attack depends strongly on the specific scenario. Of special interest are scale-free networks, which are usually seen as robust under random failure but appear to be especially vulnerable to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2010-07-06 B. Berche , C. von Ferber , T. Holovatch , Yu. Holovatch

We analyse the statistical properties of public transport networks. These networks are defined by a set of public transport routes (bus lines) and the stations serviced by these. For larger networks these appear to possess a scale-free…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 C. von Ferber , Yu. Holovatch , V. Palchykov

In this paper, we introduce and test our algorithm to create a road network representation for city-scale active transportation simulation models. The algorithm relies on open and universal data to ensure applicability for different cities…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-10-14 Afshin Jafari , Alan Both , Dhirendra Singh , Lucy Gunn , Billie Giles-Corti

Urban socioeconomic modeling has predominantly concentrated on extensive location and neighborhood-based features, relying on the localized population footprint. However, networks in urban systems are common, and many urban modeling methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Devashish Khulbe , Alexander Belyi , Stanislav Sobolevsky

The behaviour of complex networks under failure or attack depends strongly on the specific scenario. Of special interest are scale-free networks, which are usually seen as robust under random failure but appear to be especially vulnerable…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-09-25 Bertrand Berche , Christian von Ferber , Taras Holovatch , Yurij Holovatch

The behavior of complex networks under attack depends strongly on the specific attack scenario. Of special interest are scale-free networks, which are usually seen as robust under random failure or attack but appear to be especially…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-04-03 C. von Ferber , T. Holovatch , Yu. Holovatch

The structure and evolution of Terrestrial Transportation Infrastructures (TTIs) are shaped by both socio-political and geographical factors, hence encoding crucial information about how resources and power are distributed through a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-09-29 Luce Prignano , Lluc Font-Pomarol , Ignacio Morer , Sergi Lozano

Quantifying the topological similarities of different parts of urban road networks (URNs) enables us to understand the urban growth patterns. While conventional statistics provide useful information about characteristics of either a single…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-01 Jiawei Xue , Nan Jiang , Senwei Liang , Qiyuan Pang , Takahiro Yabe , Satish V. Ukkusuri , Jianzhu Ma

Revealing the structural properties and understanding the evolutionary mechanisms of the urban heavy truck mobility network (UHTMN) provide insights in assessment of freight policies to manage and regulate the urban freight system, and are…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-12-08 Yitao Yang , Bin Jia , Erjian Liu , Xiao-Yong Yan , Michiel de Bok , Lóránt A. Tavasszy , Ziyou Gao

Urban road networks have distinct geometric properties that are partially determined by their (quasi-) two-dimensional structure. In this work, we study these properties for 20 of the largest German cities. We find that the small-scale…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-05-27 Sonic H. Y. Chan , Reik V. Donner , Stefan Lämmer

Public Transport Networks plays a central role in cities devolopment. In big cities such system may be represented by a complex network and understand its properties is of great interest for managers and scholars. In this work, the urban…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-10-09 Sandro Ferreira Sousa , Camilo Rodrigues Neto , Fernando Fagundes Ferreira

Understanding the morphology of an urban system is an important step toward unveiling the dynamical processes of its growth and development. At the foundation of every urban system, transportation system is undeniably a crucial component in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-04-23 Hoai Nguyen Huynh , Evgeny Makarov , Erika Fille Legara , Christopher Monterola , Lock Yue Chew

We review the main tools which allow for the statistical characterization of weighted networks. We then present two case studies, the airline connection network and the scientific collaboration network, which are representative of critical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Marc Barthelemy , Alain Barrat , Romualdo Pastor-Satorras , Alessandro Vespignani

Urban streets patterns form planar networks whose empirical properties cannot be accounted for by simple models such as regular grids or Voronoi tesselations. Striking statistical regularities across different cities have been recently…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Marc Barthelemy , Alessandro Flammini

One abstract method for the study of network transportation is proposed in this paper. By interpolating the properties of the edges that constitute network into the two leading parameters of the nodes, this method can abstract the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Chang Yun-Feng , Xu Cai

We report the statistical properties of three bus-transport networks (BTN) in three different cities of China. These networks are composed of a set of bus lines and stations serviced by these. Network properties, including the degree…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Xinping Xu , Junhui Hu , Feng Liu , Lianshou Liu

Urban infrastructure networks play a major role in providing reliable flows of multitude critical services demanded by citizens in modern cities. We analyzed here a database of 125 infrastructure networks, roads (RN); urban drainage…

The network structure of an urban transportation system has a significant impact on its traffic performance. This study uses network indicators along with several traffic performance measures including speed, trip length, travel time, and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-07-15 Behnam Amini , Farideddin Peiravian , Morteza Mojarradi , Sybil Derrible

Analyzing the structure and function of urban transportation networks is critical for enhancing mobility, equity, and resilience. This paper leverages network science to conduct a multi-modal analysis of San Diego's transportation system.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Matthew Chan , Steve Sharp , Jiajian Zhu , Raman Ebrahimi