Size and form in efficient transportation networks

Jayanth R. Banavar; Amos Maritan; Andrea Rinaldo

doi:10.1038/20144

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AllometryScalingFlow networkPower lawPopulationComputer scienceEcologyComplex networkStatistical physicsScaling lawEconometricsMathematicsBiological systemStatisticsMathematical optimizationBiologyPhysicsGeometry

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 399
Issue: 6732
Pages: 130-132
Citations: 843
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                                    Jayanth R. Banavar, 
                                
                                    Amos Maritan, 
                                
                                    Andrea Rinaldo
                                
                            (1999). 
                            Size and form in efficient transportation networks. 
                            Nature
                            , 399
                            (6732)
                            , 130-132.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/20144

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DOI: 10.1038/20144