Analysis of the Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Factors Influencing the Freight Network in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River

• Published in: Discrete dynamics in nature and society Vol. 2021; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Huang, Shumin, Huang, Yin, Zhang, Xiaofan, Sheng, Sishi, Mao, Lisha, Huang, Xiangni, Liu, Runda, Huang, Biao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Hindawi 08.12.2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Alliances; Analysis; Business forms; Cities; City centres; Economic growth; Evolution; Internet; Logistics; Regression analysis; Social networks; Tightness; China; Yangtze River

The study uses python software to crawl O-D big data on the freight information platform and construct a frequency matrix based on freight connections between cities, then forming a freight network. There are 31 cities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze river that form the subject of the research....