A Mathematical Study of Barcelona Metro Network

[EN]The knowledge of the topological structure and the automatic fare collection systems in urban public transport produce many data that need to be adequately analyzed, processed and presented. These data provide a powerful tool to improve the quality of transport services and plan ahead. This pape...

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Autores: Mariñas del Collado, Irene, Frutos Bernal, Elisa, Santos Martín, María Teresa, Martín del Rey, Ángel María, Casado-Vara, Roberto, Gil González, Ana Belén
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/161130
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/161130
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Complex network analysis
Centrality measures
Network robustness
Ridership patterns
Clustering analysis
Passenger flow
Barcelona underground
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Sumario:[EN]The knowledge of the topological structure and the automatic fare collection systems in urban public transport produce many data that need to be adequately analyzed, processed and presented. These data provide a powerful tool to improve the quality of transport services and plan ahead. This paper aims at studying, from a mathematical and statistical point of view, the Barcelona metro network; specifically: (1) the structural and robustness characteristics of the transportation network are computed and analyzed considering the complex network analysis; and (2) the common characteristics of the different subway stations of Barcelona, based on the passenger hourly entries, are identified through hierarchical clustering analysis. These results will be of great help in planning and restructuring transport to cope with the new social conditions, after the pandemic.