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2010-01-25

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2009)

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De Montis, A., Chessa, A., Campagna, M., Caschili, S., & Deplano, G. (2010). Modeling commuting systems through a complex network analysis: A study of the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v2i3.14

Modeling commuting systems through a complex network analysis: A study of the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily

Andrea De Montis

Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Alessandro Chessa

Dipartimento di Fisica

Michele Campagna

Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Simone Caschili

Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Giancarlo Deplano

Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v2i3.14

Keywords: complex networks, commuters dynamics, weighted networks, spatial networks, GIS

Abstract

This study analyzes the inter-municipal commuting systems of the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily, employing weighted network analysis technique. Based on the results obtained for the Sardinian commuting network, the network analysis is used to identify similarities and dissimilarities between the two systems.

Author Biographies

Andrea De Montis, Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Assistant professor.

Alessandro Chessa, Dipartimento di Fisica

Research scientist

Michele Campagna, Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Assistant professor

Simone Caschili, Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Doctoral student.

Giancarlo Deplano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio

Full professor.

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