2007/06/01 by X. P. Xu, Xinping Xu, Junhui Hu +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.2740564
published as Chaos 17(2007)023129 · 20 pages, 7 figures, 1 table
openalex publication_date 2007/06/01 · arxiv created 2007/08/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Structural properties of the ship-transport network of China (STNC) are studied in the light of recent investigations of complex networks. STNC is composed of a set of routes and ports located along the sea or river. Network properties including the degree distribution, degree correlations, clustering, shortest path length, centrality, and betweenness are studied in different definitions of network topology. It is found that geographical constraint plays an important role in the network topology of STNC. We also study the traffic flow of STNC based on the weighted network representation, and demonstrate the weight distribution can be described by power-law or exponential function depending on the assumed definition of network topology. Other features related to STNC are also investigated.