Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 36, No. 5, May 2005, page 1771


Public Transport Systems in Poland: From Bialystok to Zielona Góra by Bus and Tram Using Universal Statistics of Complex Networks

J. Sienkiewicz, J.A. Holyst

We have examined a topology of 21 public transport networks in Poland. Our data exhibit several universal features in considered systems when they are analyzed from the point of view of evolving networks. Depending on the assumed definition of a network topology the degree distribution can follow a power law p(k) \sim k-\gamma or can be described by an exponential function p(k) \sim exp (-\alpha k). In the first case one observes that mean distances between two nodes are a linear function of logarithms of their degrees product.

PACS numbers: 89.75.--k, 02.50.--r, 05.50.+q



 
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