Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis
With the contradiction between supply and demand being intensified, the unreasonable crude oil trade structure has become increasingly prominent. Therefore, optimizing the supply and demand structure of the global crude oil trade is an urgent problem, which has become one of the crucial factors affe...
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| description | With the contradiction between supply and demand being intensified, the unreasonable crude oil trade structure has become increasingly prominent. Therefore, optimizing the supply and demand structure of the global crude oil trade is an urgent problem, which has become one of the crucial factors affecting the energy strategy and economic development of each country. This paper builds an optimization model that aims at minimizing crude oil trade costs based on the complex network theory. Meanwhile, an optimal solution generation approach is proposed and developed in this paper. Compared with the preoptimized trade network, the proposed model can effectively reduce the trade cost. By topological analysis of the trade network and its optimal configuration, we obtain that both the preoptimized and optimized crude oil trade networks follow power-law distribution. By using the minimum spanning tree, we find that the major crude oil net exporting countries have the most significant influence and are at the core in the optimized trade structure. This work focuses on the sustainable development of the global crude oil trade and provides a fresh perspective for the optimal crude oil trade system. Moreover, the methodology and model may be applied in the investigation of optimization for other energy system structures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9a9d892c0704fb090db39733260c1d52025-08-20T02:19:51ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262021-01-01202110.1155/2021/34805463480546Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network AnalysisGaogao Dong0Ting Qing1Lixin Tian2Ruijin Du3Jingjing Li4Center of Energy Development and Environmental Protection, School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, ChinaCenter of Energy Development and Environmental Protection, School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, ChinaCenter of Energy Development and Environmental Protection, School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, ChinaCenter of Energy Development and Environmental Protection, School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, ChinaCenter of Energy Development and Environmental Protection, School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, ChinaWith the contradiction between supply and demand being intensified, the unreasonable crude oil trade structure has become increasingly prominent. Therefore, optimizing the supply and demand structure of the global crude oil trade is an urgent problem, which has become one of the crucial factors affecting the energy strategy and economic development of each country. This paper builds an optimization model that aims at minimizing crude oil trade costs based on the complex network theory. Meanwhile, an optimal solution generation approach is proposed and developed in this paper. Compared with the preoptimized trade network, the proposed model can effectively reduce the trade cost. By topological analysis of the trade network and its optimal configuration, we obtain that both the preoptimized and optimized crude oil trade networks follow power-law distribution. By using the minimum spanning tree, we find that the major crude oil net exporting countries have the most significant influence and are at the core in the optimized trade structure. This work focuses on the sustainable development of the global crude oil trade and provides a fresh perspective for the optimal crude oil trade system. Moreover, the methodology and model may be applied in the investigation of optimization for other energy system structures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3480546 |
| spellingShingle | Gaogao Dong Ting Qing Lixin Tian Ruijin Du Jingjing Li Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis Complexity |
| title | Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis |
| title_full | Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis |
| title_short | Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis |
| title_sort | optimization of crude oil trade structure a complex network analysis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3480546 |
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