TY - JOUR
T1 - Network Analysis of Commuting Flows: A Comparative Static Approach to German Data
AU - Patuelli, R.
AU - Reggiani, A.
AU - Nijkamp, P.
AU - Bade, F-J
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The analysis of complex networks has recently received considerable attention. The work by Albert and Barabási presented a research challenge to network analysis, that is, growth of the network. The present paper offers a network analysis of the spatial commuting network in Germany. First, we study the spatial evolution of the commuting network over time. Secondly, we compare two spatial interaction model (SIM) specifications, in order to replicate the actual network structure. Our findings suggest that the commuting network appeared to become more dense and clustered, while the SIMs seem to require more sophisticated specifications, in order to replicate such a connectivity structure. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.
AB - The analysis of complex networks has recently received considerable attention. The work by Albert and Barabási presented a research challenge to network analysis, that is, growth of the network. The present paper offers a network analysis of the spatial commuting network in Germany. First, we study the spatial evolution of the commuting network over time. Secondly, we compare two spatial interaction model (SIM) specifications, in order to replicate the actual network structure. Our findings suggest that the commuting network appeared to become more dense and clustered, while the SIMs seem to require more sophisticated specifications, in order to replicate such a connectivity structure. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.
U2 - 10.1007/s11067-007-9027-6
DO - 10.1007/s11067-007-9027-6
M3 - Article
SN - 1566-113X
VL - 7
SP - 315
EP - 331
JO - Networks and Spatial Economics
JF - Networks and Spatial Economics
ER -