24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-8.3.2 (I.L.)

SCALE-FREE NETWORKS AND COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES

S. R. Conway
Old Dominion University, NASA Langley Research Center, USA

Keywords: scale-free, networks, air transportation, modeling

This paper first outlines attributes of various network types, then looks more closely at the common carrier air transportation network from perspectives of the traveler, the airlines, and Air Traffic Control (ATC). Network models are applied within each paradigm, including discussion of implied strengths and weaknesses of each model. Finally, known limitations of scalable networks are discussed.

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