Some speculations on fractals and railway networks

We propose a simulation of the underground railway network of Paris which has an apparent fractal dimension equal to 1.8. We show that it is very likely that this value is due to a finite size effect and that the true dimension is 2. This means that caution is necessary in using the concept of fractal in geography.

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Year of publication:	1992
Authors:	Benguigui, L.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 191.1992, 1, p. 75-78
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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