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Analysis of the Chinese Airline Network as multi-layer networks

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2016.03.009

Keywords

Air transport network; Chinese Airline Network; k-core decomposition

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61201314, 61221061, 61231013]
  2. Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project [YETP1072]

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This paper encapsulates the Chinese Airline Network (CAN) into multi-layer infrastructures via the k-core decomposition method. The network is divided into three layers: Core layer, containing airports of provincial capital cities, is densely connected and sustains most flight flow; Bridge layer, consisting of airports in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, mainly connects two other layers; and Periphery layer, comprising airports of remote areas, sustains little flight flow. Moreover, it is unveiled that CAN stays the most robust when low-degree nodes or high flight flow links are removed, which is similar to the Worldwide Airline Network (WAN), albeit less redundant. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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