Analyzing the multilevel structure of the European airport network

作     者：Oriol Lordan Jose M.Sallan 

作者机构：Department of Management Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech Terrassa 08222 Spain 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Aeronautics》 (中国航空学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第30卷第2期

页      面：554-560页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Air transport networks Complex networks k-core decomposition Network multilevel structure Robustness 

摘      要：The multilayered structure of the European airport network（EAN）,composed of connections and flights between European cities,is analyzed through the k-core decomposition of the connections network.This decomposition allows to identify the core,bridge and periphery layers of the EAN.The core layer includes the best-connected cities,which include important business air traffic destinations.The periphery layer includes cities with lesser connections,which serve low populated areas where air travel is an economic alternative.The remaining cities form the bridge of the EAN,including important leisure travel origins and destinations.The multilayered structure of the EAN affects network robustness,as the EAN is more robust to isolation of nodes of the core,than to the isolation of a combination of core and bridge nodes.