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Navigation in large subway networks: An informational approach

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  • Barberillo, Josep
  • Saldaña, Joan

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The structural properties of the subway network are crucial in effective transportation in cities. This paper presents an information perspective of navigation in four different subway networks: New York City, Paris, Barcelona and Moscow. We addressed our study to investigate what is that makes it complicated to navigate in these kinds of networks and we carried out a comparison between them and their intrinsic constraints. Our methodological approach is based on a set of cost/efficiency indicators which are defined in the complex networks literature. We find that the overall complexity in finding stations measured by the average search information S linearly increases as a function of the network size N. The direct implication of this finding is that from these basic levels of required information, the average value H(k) can be represented as a function of the node degree k. Finally, through analyzing subway networks in space P, we reveal the existing service modularity among subway routes using a rescaled expression of S.

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  • Barberillo, Josep & Saldaña, Joan, 2011. "Navigation in large subway networks: An informational approach," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 390(2), pages 374-386.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:390:y:2011:i:2:p:374-386
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.09.017
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