Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CCDC.2010.5498769
