Modelling and analysis of shipping networks from online maritime schedules

  • Authors:

  • Deepen Doshi;Baljeet Malhotra;Stéphane Bressan

  • Affiliations:

  • National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore;National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore;National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

90% of the world trade is reportedly carried by sea. The analysis of shipping networks therefore can create invaluable insight into global trade. In this paper we study the appropriateness of various graph centrality measures to rate, compare and rank ports from various perspectives of a shipping network. In particular, we illustrate the potential of such analysis on the example of a shipping network constructed from the schedules, readily available on the World Wide Web, of one arbitrarily chosen shipping company.