Exploring the topology of the maritime transport network in a large-scale archipelago: a complex network approach

In this study, we use a complex network analysis approach to investigate the topological structure of container shipping networks in the Indonesia archipelago to understand the network topology. Containerized cargo is responsible for more than half of the inter-island trade volume, making it one critical freight transport mode in the Indonesia...

Robustly Maximal Utilisation of Energy-Constrained Distributed Resources

We consider the problem of dispatching a fleet of distributed energy reserve devices to collectively meet a sequence of power requests over time. Under the restriction that reserves cannot be replenished, we aim to maximise the survival time of an energy-constrained islanded electrical system; and we discuss realistic scenarios in which this...

Can Passenger Flow be Explained by Network Topology in Public Transport?

It has been rarely investigated in the field of public transport whether passenger ow can be explained by network topology. Based on the rich data sets from The Hague, The Netherlands, we conduct this study try- ing to shed light upon this question. The relation between passenger ow and topological measures in different public transport network...

Sparsest Network Support Estimation: A Submodular Approach

In this work, we address the problem of identifying the underlying network structure of data. Different from other approaches, which are mainly based on convex relaxations of an integer problem, here we take a distinct route relying on algebraic properties of a matrix representation of the network. By describing what we call possible...

Designing virus-resistant networks: A game-formation approach

Forming, in a decentralized fashion, an optimal network topology while balancing multiple, possibly conflicting objectives like cost, high performance, security and resiliency to viruses is a challenging endeavor. In this paper, we take a game-formation approach to network design where each player, for instance an autonomous system in the...

Metabolic network destruction: Relating topology to robustness

Biological networks exhibit intriguing topological properties such as small-worldness. In this paper, we investigate whether the topology of a metabolic network is related to its robustness. We do so by perturbing a metabolic system in silico, one reaction at a time and studying the correlations between growth, as predicted by flux balance...

A Qualitative Comparison of Power Law Generators