Scaling in public transport networks

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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 structure, as it is demonstrated e.g. by the Zipf law distribution of the number of routes servicing a given station or for the distribution of the number of stations which can be visited from the chosen one without changing the means of transport. Moreover, a rather particular feature of the public transport network is that many routes service common subsets of stations. We discuss the possibility of new scaling laws that govern intrinsic features of such subsets.
9 pages, 4 figures

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Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25665

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501296
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501296
 Condens. Matter Phys. 8:225 (2005)

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