| The spatial structure of networks (2006) | |||||||||||||||
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| We study networks that connect points in geographic space, such astransportation networks and the Internet. We find that there are strongsignatures in these networks of topography and use patterns, giving thenetworks shapes that are quite distinct from one another and fromnon-geographic networks. We offer an explanation of these differences interms of the costs and benefits of transportation and communication, andgive a simple model based on the Monte Carlo optimization of these costsand benefits that reproduces well the qualitative features of the networksstudied.. Peer Reviewed. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43883/1/10051_2005_Article_46.pdf | |||||||||||||||
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