Modelling the air transport with complex networks: A short review
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Complex networks theory has played a crucial role in the aviation system in the last two decades, facilitating efficiency and safety of air travel, particularly in identifying key components and improving air transport resilience.
“the theory of complex networks has played a crucial role in the aviation system in the last two decades, facilitating the efficiency and safety of air travel, particularly in the context of identifying key components and improving air transport resilience; see Zanin and Lillo (2013) ; Zanin and Wandelt (2023) for reviews.”
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Section 5 (pp. 22–23) reviews network studies that identify vulnerable hubs and examine ways to improve resilience. But the Introduction (p. 3) and Conclusions (p. 24) describe network theory’s contribution to future challenges as a prospect, not an established improvement in air-travel efficiency or safety. The review therefore supports the analytical role claimed, but not the assertion that it has already facilitated those outcomes. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Zanin, M., & Lillo, F.
- Affiliations
- Innaxis Foundation & Research Institute (ES)
- Santa Fe Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zanin, Massimiliano
- Lillo, Fabrizio
- Venue
- The European Physical Journal Special Topics
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 215
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5-21
- ISSN
- 1951-6355 (ISSN-L)
- 1951-6401
- OpenAlex
- W2023841300
- Cited by
- 277
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 14.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- The European Physical Journal Special Topics (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
- Keywords
- air transport networks, complex networks, airport networks, flight networks, network topology, network dynamics, epidemic spread
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