?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2406%2F&rft.title=The+structure+of+inter-urban+traffic%3A+a+weighted+network+analysis&rft.creator=De+Montis%2C+Andrea&rft.creator=Barth%C3%A9lemy%2C+Marc&rft.creator=Chessa%2C+Alessandro&rft.creator=Vespignani%2C+Alessandro&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.subject=QC+Physics&rft.description=We+study+the+structure+of+the+network+representing+the+interurban+commuting+traffic+of+the+Sardinia+region%2C+Italy%2C+which+amounts+to+375+municipalities+and+1%2C600%2C000+inhabitants.+We+use+a+weighted+network+representation+where+vertices+correspond+to+towns+and+the+edges+to+the+actual+commuting+flows+among+those.+We+characterize+quantitatively+both+the+topological+and+weighted+properties+of+the+resulting+network.+Interestingly%2C+the+statistical+properties+of+commuting+traffic+exhibit+complex+features+and+non-trivial+relations+with+the+underlying+topology.+We+characterize+quantitatively+the+traffic+backbone+among+large+cities+and+we+give+evidences+for+a+very+high+heterogeneity+of+the+commuter+flows+around+large+cities.+We+also+discuss+the+interplay+between+the+topological+and+dynamical+properties+of+the+network+as+well+as+their+relation+with+socio-demographic+variables+such+as+population+and+monthly+income.+This+analysis+may+be+useful+at+various+stages+in+environmental+planning+and+provides+analytical+tools+for+a+wide+spectrum+of+applications+ranging+from+impact+evaluation+to+decision-making+and+planning+support.&rft.publisher=ArXiv&rft.date=2005-07&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++De+Montis%2C+Andrea+and+Barth%C3%A9lemy%2C+Marc+and+Chessa%2C+Alessandro+and+Vespignani%2C+Alessandro++The+structure+of+inter-urban+traffic%3A+a+weighted+network+analysis.++Working+Paper++%23+%2F2005++++ArXiv+++++++(Unpublished)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2Fphysics%2F0507106