Modeling the Growth of Transportation Networks: A comprehensive review

Feng Xie and David Levinson

No 200907, Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: This paper reviews the progress that has been made over the last half-century in modeling and analyzing the growth of transportation networks. An overview of studies has been provided following five main streams: network growth in transport geography; traffic flow, transportation planning, and network growth; statistical analyses of network growth; economics of network growth; and network science. In recognition of the vast advances through decades in terms of exploring underlying growth mechanisms and developing effective network growth models, the authors also point out the challenges that are faced to model the complex process of transport development.

Keywords: Network growth; Transport economics; Incremental connection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 R41 R42 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-net and nep-ure
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Published in Networks and Spatial Economics 9(3) 291-307.

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