The devil is in the details: Differences in air traffic networks by scale, species, and season

被引：45

作者：

Neal, Zachary ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Psychol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

来源：

SOCIAL NETWORKS | 2014年 / 38卷

关键词：

Airline; Community; Network; Scale-free; Small-world; Transportation; WORLD CITY NETWORKS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS; INTERNET BACKBONE; AIRLINE; CITIES; DEREGULATION; DESTINATIONS; CENTRALITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.socnet.2014.03.003

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

Although air traffic networks are widely studied examples of complex networks, past research has focused on only one type: the network of routes flown between airports. Although this network is important, other varieties of air traffic networks exist. This paper differentiates air traffic networks on dimensions of scale (airport vs. metropolitan area), species (business vs. leisure), and season (summer vs. winter). Although these networks share similar complex network topologies - they are scale-free, small-world, and modular - they are nonetheless different in substantively important ways. They capture different kinds of social and economic processes, are useful for investigating different kinds of research questions, and lead to different kinds of conclusions about how and where interactions are organized. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：63 / 73

页数：11

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