Spatial Correlation Analytical Method of OD Flow in Freight Transport: a Case Study of China

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10.2991/iccte-16.2016.28How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Origin-destination flow; Freight Transport; Spatial correlation; Spatial interaction

Abstract

Commodity and information interaction between regions are becoming more and more intense. The data of origin-destination flow (OD flow) is the observation of the interaction between paired regions. Each observed value of OD flow is related to an original point and a destination point in space, which brings enormous challenge in the establishment of mathematical model. In spatial interaction models, it is usually supposed that there is a certain relation (often the linear) between regional interaction and special distance, which may result in the inconsistence between data characteristics and model hypotheses. Based on the general form of traditional spatial autocorrelation indicators, a novel indicator system consisting of global and local indicators of spatial correlation for the origin-destination flow (OD flow) is proposed in this paper, and further the corresponding Z tests for the significance judgment are also derived under the null hypotheses of spatial uniformity and normal distribution. Finally, the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed methodology are demonstrated by case studies of the railway freight exchange flows in Chinese mainland 2004. Through the proposed method, nodes in the freight transport network are classified to four types: global point, local point, generation point and attraction point.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wei Wei
AU  - Baohua Mao
AU  - Shaokuan Chen
AU  - Xinmiao Zhao
AU  - Yangfan Zhou
PY  - 2016/01
DA  - 2016/01
TI  - Spatial Correlation Analytical Method of OD Flow in Freight Transport: a Case Study of China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Civil, Transportation and Environment
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 161
EP  - 171
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccte-16.2016.28
DO  - 10.2991/iccte-16.2016.28
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