2006/08/02 by X. P. Xu, Xinping Xu, Junhui Hu +3
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Graph theory and applications #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2006.06.021
published as Physica A 374(2007)441 · 9 pages, 6 figures and 2 tables. Slight difference from the published one
openalex publication_date 2006/08/02 · arxiv created 2007/08/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We report the statistical properties of three bus-transport networks (BTN) in three different cities of China. These networks are composed of a set of bus lines and stations serviced by these. Network properties, including the degree distribution, clustering and average path length are studied in different definitions of network topology. We explore scaling laws and correlations that may govern intrinsic features of such networks. Besides, we create a weighted network representation for BTN with lines mapped to nodes and number of common stations to weights between lines. In such a representation, the distributions of degree, strength and weight are investigated. A linear behavior between strength and degree s(k) ~ k is also observed.