The structure of Inter-Urban traffic: A weighted network analysis

Simple item page
dc.creatorDe Montis, Andrea
dc.creatorBarthelemy, Marc
dc.creatorChessa, Alessandro
dc.creatorVespignani, Alessandro
dc.date2005-07-14
dc.date2005-07-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:29:45Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:29:45Z
dc.descriptionWe study the structure of the network representing the interurban commuting traffic of the Sardinia region, Italy, which amounts to 375 municipalities and 1,600,000 inhabitants. We use a weighted network representation where vertices correspond to towns and the edges to the actual commuting flows among those. We characterize quantitatively both the topological and weighted properties of the resulting network. Interestingly, the statistical properties of commuting traffic exhibit complex features and non-trivial relations with the underlying topology. We characterize quantitatively the traffic backbone among large cities and we give evidences for a very high heterogeneity of the commuter flows around large cities. We also discuss the interplay between the topological and dynamical properties of the network as well as their relation with socio-demographic variables such as population and monthly income. This analysis may be useful at various stages in environmental planning and provides analytical tools for a wide spectrum of applications ranging from impact evaluation to decision-making and planning support.
dc.description12 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables; 1 missing ref added and minor revisions
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507106
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507106
dc.identifierEnvironment and Planning: B, 34:905-924 (2007)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157901
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectData Analysis, Statistics and Probability
dc.titleThe structure of Inter-Urban traffic: A weighted network analysis
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv