Book contents
- The Rise of Early Rome
- The Rise of Early Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Ancient City
- Chapter 2 Transportation Infrastructures
- Chapter 3 Data and Methodology
- Chapter 4 Network Analysis Centrality Indexes
- Chapter 5 Network Analysis Efficiency Indexes
- Chapter 6 Multi-scale Analysis Based on Least-Cost Paths
- Chapter 7 Modelling
- Conclusions
- Data, Mathematical Explanations and Calculations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Modelling
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2023
- The Rise of Early Rome
- The Rise of Early Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Ancient City
- Chapter 2 Transportation Infrastructures
- Chapter 3 Data and Methodology
- Chapter 4 Network Analysis Centrality Indexes
- Chapter 5 Network Analysis Efficiency Indexes
- Chapter 6 Multi-scale Analysis Based on Least-Cost Paths
- Chapter 7 Modelling
- Conclusions
- Data, Mathematical Explanations and Calculations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Our purpose, in this chapter, is to infer how settlements were organised at the regional level by analysing the structure formed by the roads that connected them. The basic idea is to compare different hypotheses and quantitatively assess which of them is (or are) more plausible and, we do this in three steps (see Section 3.2). Adopting a network science approach implies that the first step is to translate available information on pathways from the usual map format into networks, that is, mathematical structures made up of interconnected objects. Once the empirical system is mapped onto weighted geographical networks, one can apply the established analytic tools provided by network science for their characterisation.
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- The Rise of Early RomeTransportation Networks and Domination in Central Italy, 1050–500 BC, pp. 108 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023