Analysis of the Chinese provincial air transportation network

作者:Du, Wen-Bo; Liang, Bo-Yuan; Hong, Chen*; Lordan, Oriol
来源:Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications , 2017, 465: 579-586.
DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2016.08.067

摘要

The air transportation system is of a great impact on the economy and globalization of a country. In this paper, we analyze the Chinese air transportation network (ATN) from a provincial perspective via the complex network framework, where all airports located in one province are abstracted as a single node and flights between two provinces are denoted by a link. The results show that the network exhibits small-world property, homogeneous structure and disassortative mixing. The variation of the flight flow within 24 h is investigated and an obvious tide phenomenon is found in the dynamics of Chinese provincial ATN for high output level of tertiary industry. Our work will offer a novel approach for understanding the characteristic of the Chinese air transportation network.