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The complexity of interactions between networks and territories has been widely acknowledged empirically, in particular through the existence of circular causal relations in their co-development, that can be understood as a co-evolution.…

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Many real-world networks, ranging from subway systems to polymer structures and fungal mycelia, do not form by the incremental addition of individual nodes but instead grow through the successive extension and intersection of lines or…

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Accurately determining and classifying the structure of complex networks is the focus of much current research. One class of network of particular interest are metabolic pathways, which have previously been studied from a graph theoretical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-10-10 Henry Dorrian , Kieran Smallbone , Jon borresen

Many complex systems can be described in terms of networks of interacting units. Recent studies have shown that a wide class of both natural and artificial nets display a surprisingly widespread feature: the presence of highly heterogeneous…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Ferrer i Cancho , R. V. Sole

Urban planners need up-to-date, global, and consistent street network models and indicators to measure resilience and performance, model accessibility, and target local quality-of-life interventions. This article presents up-to-date street…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-04 Geoff Boeing

A non-local model describing the growth of a tree-like transportation network with given allocation rules is proposed. In this model we focus on tree like networks, and the network transports the very resource it needs to build itself. Some…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2019-07-24 Olivier Bui , Xavier Leoncini

The massive digital footprints generated by bike-sharing systems in megacities like Shanghai offer a novel perspective on the urban socio-economic fabric. This study investigates whether these daily mobility patterns can quantitatively map…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-10-13 Yingche Liu , Mengyang Li

We compare the structural properties of the street networks of ten different European cities using their primal representation. We investigate the properties of the geometry of the networks and a set of centrality measures highlighting…

Due to the increasingly complex and interconnected nature of global supply chain networks (SCNs), a recent strand of research has applied network science methods to model SCN growth and subsequently analyse various topological features,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-03-28 Supun Perera , Michael Bell , Michiel Bliemer

Cities worldwide exhibit a variety of street network patterns and configurations that shape human mobility, equity, health, and livelihoods. This study models and analyzes the street networks of every urban area in the world, using…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-03-10 Geoff Boeing

In Nature, the primary goal of any network is to survive. This is less obvious for engineering networks (electric power, gas, water, transportation systems etc.) that are expected to operate under normal conditions most of time. As a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-10-02 Svetlana V. Poroseva

For decades, complex networks, such as social networks, biological networks, chemical networks, technological networks, have been used to study the evolution and dynamics of different kinds of complex systems. These complex systems can be…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-12-16 Akrati Saxena

Advanced integration of logistics systems has been promoted for the sake of competitiveness and sustainability. Such efforts will enable more globally optimal and flexible operations by efficiently utilizing transportation capacity. At the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-03-29 Takahiro Ezaki , Naoto Imura , Katsuhiro Nishinari

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

Analyzing 9,000 urban areas' street networks, we identify properties, including extreme betweenness centrality heterogeneity, that typical spatial network models fail to explain. Accordingly we propose a universal, parsimonious, generative…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-29 Marc Barthelemy , Geoff Boeing

Through the past decade the field of network science has established itself as a common ground for the cross-fertilization of exciting inter-disciplinary studies which has motivated researchers to model almost every physical system as an…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-01-17 Atanu Chatterjee , Manju Manohar , Gitakrishnan Ramadurai

One dominant aspect of cities is transport and massive passenger mobilization which remains a challenge with the increasing demand on the public as cities grow. In addition, public transport infrastructure suffers from traffic congestion…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-09-06 L. K. Eraso-Hernandez , A. P. Riascos , T. M. Michelitsch , J. Wang-Michelitsch

The rapid urbanization and increasing traffic have serious social, economic, and environmental impact on metropolitan areas worldwide. It is of a great importance to understand the complex interplay of road networks and traffic conditions.…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Weizi Li , Meilei Jiang , Yaoyu Chen , Ming C. Lin

Urban flooding disrupts traffic networks, affecting the mobility and disrupting access of residents. Since flooding events are predicted to increase due to climate change, and given the criticality of traffic networks, understanding the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-10-04 Akhil Anil Rajput , Sanjay Nayak , Shangjia Dong , Ali Mostafavi

Designing effective recovery strategies for damaged networked systems is critical to the resilience of built, human and natural systems. However, progress has been limited by the inability to bring together distinct philosophies, such as…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-11-20 Udit Bhatia , Lina Sela Perelman , Auroop Ratan Ganguly