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Classical and fractal analysis of vehicle demand on the ferry-boat system

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  • Moret, Marcelo A.
  • Antonio, Liliane Q.
  • Pereira, Hernane B.B.

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Transportation problems are important complex systems because of the increased number of vehicles in cities. In this paper, we study time series of vehicle demand by using the ferry-boat system between Salvador city and Itaparica island, in Bahia, Brazil. We compare the traditional demand analysis (ARIMA method) with the self-affine ones (the scaling exponent α and the density of crossing points ρ). In addition, taking into account the inherent self-affine behavior we study the stationary states of this dynamic process by using a nonlinear Fokker–Planck equation. The present findings indicate that the scaling exponent α describes some properties of flux of vehicles using the ferry-boat system. The behavior of α gives an alternative explanation about demand analysis, and the nonlinear Fokker–Planck equation presents a solution close to the stationary behavior of this complex dynamical analysis.

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  • Moret, Marcelo A. & Antonio, Liliane Q. & Pereira, Hernane B.B., 2012. "Classical and fractal analysis of vehicle demand on the ferry-boat system," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 391(4), pages 1657-1661.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:391:y:2012:i:4:p:1657-1661
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.10.016
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