Fast long-range connections in transportation networks

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2011.03.006zbMATH Open1242.91169arXiv1005.1843OpenAlexW1759290360MaRDI QIDQ432944FDOQ432944

Authors: Matheus Palhares Viana, Luciano Da Fontoura Costa 

Publication date: 4 July 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Since its recent introduction, the small-world effect has been identified in several important real-world systems. Frequently, it is a consequence of the existence of a few long-range connections, which dominate the original regular structure of the systems and implies each node to become accessible from other nodes after a small number of steps, typically of order $ellproptologN$. However, this effect has been observed in pure-topological networks, where the nodes have no spatial coordinates. In this paper, we present an alalogue of small-world effect observed in real-world transportation networks, where the nodes are embeded in a hree-dimensional space. Using the multidimensional scaling method, we demonstrate how the addition of a few long-range connections can suubstantially reduce the travel time in transportation systems. Also, we investigated the importance of long-range connections when the systems are under an attack process. Our findings are illustrated for two real-world systems, namely the London urban network (streets and underground) and the US highways network enhanced by some of the main US airlines routes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.1843

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zbMATH Keywords

transportation networklong-range connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

One- and multidimensional scaling in the social and behavioral sciences (91C15) Small world graphs, complex networks (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C82) Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Traffic problems in operations research (90B20)

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