Complexity Analysis of Public Transportation Network in Zhangjiagang City Using Complex Network Theory

Abstract:

Public transportation network has been proven that it can be simulated as a complex network. In this paper, a bus transport system of Zhangjiagang city is considered. Network degree distribution, average path length, and clustering coefficient are utilized as criteria to analyze as the complexity of the network. Experimental results show that the network which is in line with power-law distribution has a smaller average path length and a large clustering coefficient. It also indicates that, the networks of Zhangjiagang public bus system are not a small-world network with scale-free property.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 546-547)
• Pages: 1211-1216
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.546-547.1211
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Yong Wang, Ta Zhou
• Keywords: Complex Network, Public Transportation Network, Scale-Free Network, Small-World Network

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