Analysis of the Public Transport Network of Shenyang as a Complex Network

Abstract:

The public transport infrastructure of a city is one of the most important indicators of its economic growth and development. Here we study the public transport network of Shenyang, which represents Chinese domestic civil public transport infrastructure, as a complex network. We find that the public transport system of Shenyang, a network of public transportation routes connected by bus links, is a small-world network characterized by a Poisson degree distribution. We investigate the public transport network as a complex network to explore its topological properties. Simulation results show that the public transport network exhibits small world behavior.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 433-435)
• Pages: 1370-1373
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.433-435.1370
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Dan Wang, Xin Li
• Keywords: Complex Network, Public Transport Network, Small-World Network

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