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The optimal geometry of transportation networks
David Aldous, Marc Barthelemy
Motivated by the shape of transportation networks such as subways, we consider a distribution of points in the plane and ask for the network of given length that is optimal…
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A Spatial Model of City Growth and Formation
David Aldous, Bowen Huang
We introduce a model in which city populations grow at rates proportional to the area of their "sphere of influence", where the influence of a city depends on its population (to po…