Research on Hub City of Air Cargo Based on Complex Network
Meng Cai-hong · Journal of Transportation Engineering and Information · 2012
Adopted the complex network analysis method,by studying the aviation cargo network structures from 2004-2009,the general development trend of the domestic cargo network was presented.A core-periphery model was constructed to select the core hub cities and the scale-free characteristics of the air cargo network was proved.Then a purposeful attack way was taken to discuss the network survivability,in which one and three hub cities were respectively removed and the network statistical indexes of the cargo system,such as average route length,cohesive power index,node degree,etc.,were comparatively analyzed.The results showed that attacking the hub city would seriously affect the connectivity and cohesion of the whole cargo network.