Study of the topology and robustness of airline route networks from the complex network approach: a survey and research agenda

•Air transport networks are one of the key infrastructures of today’s global economy.•Robustness of air transport networks can be analyzed through complex network theory.•We propose a research agenda with three levels of analysis: global route network, airline alliances and airlines.•This approach s...

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Published in:Journal of transport geography 2014-05, Vol.37, p.112-120
Main Authors: Lordan, Oriol, Sallan, Jose M., Simo, Pep
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air routes
Air transport
Airlines
Airports
Alliances
Commercial aircraft
Commercial planes
Complex networks
Computer networks
Networks
Robustness
Routing (telecommunications)
Topology
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