Entropy Analysis of a Railway Network's Complexity

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Duarte Valério (Author) Other; António Mendes Lopes (Author) FEUP; José A. Tenreiro Machado (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Entropy

Vol. 18 No. 11

Final page: 388

ISSN: 1099-4300

Publisher: MDPI

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00M-B7W

DOI: 10.3390/e18110388

Abstract (EN): Railway networks are among the many physical systems that reveal a fractal structure. This paper studies the Portuguese railway system, and analyzes how it evolved over time, namely what concerns the structure of its different levels, and its distribution over the territory. Different mathematical tools are adopted, such as fractal dimension, entropy and state space portrait. The results are consistent with the historical evolution of the network.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12