Analyzing the multilevel structure of the European airport network
The multilayered structure of the European airport network (EAN), composed of connections and flights between European cities, is analyzed through the k-core decomposition of the connections network. This decomposition allows to identify the core, bridge and periphery layers of the EAN. The core lay...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/102583 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/102583 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2017.01.013 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Airports -- Europe Airlines -- Europe Network analysis (Planning) Air transport networks Complex networks k-core decomposition Network multilevel structure Robustness Aeroports -- Europa Línies aèries -- Europa Anàlisi de xarxes (Planificació) Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions::Modelització de transports i logística Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aeroports |
| Resumo: | The multilayered structure of the European airport network (EAN), composed of connections and flights between European cities, is analyzed through the k-core decomposition of the connections network. This decomposition allows to identify the core, bridge and periphery layers of the EAN. The core layer includes the best-connected cities, which include important business air traffic destinations. The periphery layer includes cities with lesser connections, which serve low populated areas where air travel is an economic alternative. The remaining cities form the bridge of the EAN, including important leisure travel origins and destinations. The multilayered structure of the EAN affects network robustness, as the EAN is more robust to isolation of nodes of the core, than to the isolation of a combination of core and bridge nodes. |
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