Modeling the morphology of the intercity road network

A. V. Martynenko ()
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A. V. Martynenko: Ural State University of Railway Transport

Regional Research of Russia, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 9-17

Abstract: Abstract— Many aspects of the functioning of the transport network and its impact on the socioeconomic development of a territory significantly depend on its morphology. In particular, the morphological features of the network underlie the network effects, which can lead to significant changes in transport costs (both downward and upward) with minor modifications to the network. The article analyzes the factors most significant for the morphology of the intercity transport network and presents a mathematical description of the mechanisms for the realization of their influence. It is shown that the key factor is the location of network vertices in space, and a two-parameter family of models is proposed that can generate networks close to real ones, only based on information about the spatial location of their vertices. Implementation of the proposed model is demonstrated using the intercity highway network in Belarus. For this network, the optimal parameter values were selected, and it was shown that the resulting model is quite close to the original network.

Keywords: transport network; morphology of the transport network; transport network model; growth factors of the transport network; road network of Belarus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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