A new measure of node centrality on schedule-based space-time networks for the designation of spread potential.

ABSTRACT: Node centrality is one of the most frequently revisited network theoretical concepts, which got many calculation method alternatives, each of them being conceived on different empirical or theoretical network abstractions. The vast majority of centrality measures produced up to date were conceived on static network abstractions (the so-called "snapshot" networks), which arguably are less realistic than dynamic (temporal) network abstractions. The new, temporal node centrality measure that we offer with this article, is based on an uncommon abstraction, of a space-time network derived from service schedules (timetables). The proposed measure was designed to rank nodes of a space-time network based on their spread or transmission potential, and was subsequently implemented on the network of

SUBMITTER: Pitoski D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature