A network model of freight data with spatial dependence

Abstract

Abstract In this article, we analyse the origin–destination matrix arising from freight flows that occur in single-mode transport networks and compare unbiased maximum-entropy models of the corresponding networks. An original model based on earlier results allows to reconstruct a weighted network, from degree and strength sequences, taking distances into account. As an application, the properties of the European railroad freight are analysed in detail in year 2010, with a focus on spatial effects.