Topology of the Fittest Transportation Network
2000
Abstract
The presence or absence of loops in the emergent transportation networks, that are characterized by a minimum overall cost, is shown to depend on the convexity of the cost function for the local transportation of material. Our results are directly applicable to a variety of situations across disciplines.
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Title
Topology of the Fittest Transportation Network
Author(s)
Banavar, J. R. ; Colaiori, F. ; Flammini, A. ; Maritan, A. ; Rinaldo, A.
Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume
84
Issue
20
Pages
4745-4748
Date
2000
Laboratories
ECHO
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2009-10-07