Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network Approach

In every country, airports are among the most important air transport systems in that country. When an aircraft flies from one airport to another, it creates a graph that can be completed with information about each flight, such as the number of flights per path, the number of passengers, traffic lo...

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Main Authors: Borhan Asadi, Kheirollah Rahsepar-Fard, Amir Jalaly-Bidgoly
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Published: University of science and culture 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://ijwr.usc.ac.ir/article_164094_d67ffc9fd7409cdabb01105100ea9e01.pdf
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Amir Jalaly-Bidgoly
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description In every country, airports are among the most important air transport systems in that country. When an aircraft flies from one airport to another, it creates a graph that can be completed with information about each flight, such as the number of flights per path, the number of passengers, traffic load, and so on. In the present paper, the airports of Iran and the domestic flights are considered as a network and the structure of the network is analyzed, and then the measures of complex networks such as degree distribution, shortest path length, analysis of centralities, clustering coefficient and their correlation and the way these centralities behave are examined. This analysis shows the Iranian Airport Network (IAN) that has a degree distribution described by the power function. The average path length in this network is 1.9, and the average clustering coefficient is 0.69, which meets the characteristics of a small-world network and is also considered an example of a disassortative network. The purpose of this research is to investigate the network of airports in Iran, which is ultimately important for the expansion of airports, and also to identify the important points of airports.
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spelling doaj-art-5586748fb3de41af9095301029fb87612025-01-04T09:37:07ZengUniversity of science and cultureInternational Journal of Web Research2645-43432022-07-0152293810.22133/ijwr.2022.265242.1084Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network ApproachBorhan Asadi 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-7958Kheirollah Rahsepar-Fard1Amir Jalaly-Bidgoly 2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-3537Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, University of Qom, Qom, IranDepartment of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, University of Qom, Qom, IranDepartment of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, University of Qom, Qom, IranIn every country, airports are among the most important air transport systems in that country. When an aircraft flies from one airport to another, it creates a graph that can be completed with information about each flight, such as the number of flights per path, the number of passengers, traffic load, and so on. In the present paper, the airports of Iran and the domestic flights are considered as a network and the structure of the network is analyzed, and then the measures of complex networks such as degree distribution, shortest path length, analysis of centralities, clustering coefficient and their correlation and the way these centralities behave are examined. This analysis shows the Iranian Airport Network (IAN) that has a degree distribution described by the power function. The average path length in this network is 1.9, and the average clustering coefficient is 0.69, which meets the characteristics of a small-world network and is also considered an example of a disassortative network. The purpose of this research is to investigate the network of airports in Iran, which is ultimately important for the expansion of airports, and also to identify the important points of airports. https://ijwr.usc.ac.ir/article_164094_d67ffc9fd7409cdabb01105100ea9e01.pdfcomplex networkiranian airport networkcentralitycorrelation
spellingShingle Borhan Asadi
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iranian airport network
centrality
correlation
title Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network Approach
title_full Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network Approach
title_fullStr Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network Approach
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title_short Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network Approach
title_sort analysis of the iranian airport network by a complex network approach
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iranian airport network
centrality
correlation
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