Complex Network Theory Applied to the Growth of Kuala Lumpur's Public Urban Rail Transit Network.

ABSTRACT: Recently, the number of studies involving complex network applications in transportation has increased steadily as scholars from various fields analyze traffic networks. Nonetheless, research on rail network growth is relatively rare. This research examines the evolution of the Public Urban Rail Transit Networks of Kuala Lumpur (PURTNoKL) based on complex network theory and covers both the topological structure of the rail system and future trends in network growth. In addition, network performance when facing different attack strategies is also assessed. Three topological network characteristics are considered: connections, clustering and centrality. In PURTNoKL, we found that the total number of nodes and edges exhibit a linear relationship and that the average degree stays within the in

SUBMITTER: Ding R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598035 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature