| Literature DB >> 10990786 |
J R Banavar1, F Colaiori, A Flammini, A Maritan, A Rinaldo.
Abstract
The presence or absence of loops in the emergent transportation networks, that are characterized by a minimum overall cost, is shown to depend on the convexity of the cost function for the local transportation of material. Our results are directly applicable to a variety of situations across disciplines.Mesh:
Year: 2000 PMID: 10990786 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4745
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161