Complex characteristic analysis of passenger train flow network

Author

Meng, Xuelei ; Jia, Limin ; Xie, Jinxin ; Qin, Yong ; Xu, Jie

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Rail Traffic Control & Safety, Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 May 2010

Firstpage

2533

Lastpage

2536

Abstract

Train flow network is a complex network. The small-world and scale-free characteristics are analyzed. A computing example is carried out to show how to calculate the average path length and the cluster coefficient. The characteristics of the network built with all the trains of a national service plan are analyzed by the same method. It proves that the train flow network is a typical complex network and it is robust to the random disturbance while vulnerable to the deliberate attack. The analysis of the results can give valuable supporting information for the railway operators.

Keywords

complex networks; railways; average path length; cluster coefficient; complex characteristic analysis; complex network; national service plan; passenger train flow network; railway operator; random disturbance; scale-free characteristics; small-world characteristics; Communication system traffic control; Complex networks; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Power system modeling; Rail transportation; Railway safety; Robustness; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Robustness; Train Flow Network; Vulnerability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2010 Chinese

Conference_Location

Xuzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5181-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5182-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCDC.2010.5498769

Filename

5498769