Detour Index of Major Road Transport Links of Rajasthan.

Authors: Dr. Akhilesh Vaishnava

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37082/IJIRMPS.v13.i1.232162

Short DOI: https://doi.org/g86jw8

Country: India

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Abstract: Rajasthan is the largest state in area in India. India has second largest road transport network after U.S.A. and Rajasthan also has second largest road transport network in country after U.P. It was very difficult to analyse the whole road transport network of the largest state which could mislead from the way of the object of study and could give flawed results. That is why only those major links are included which join the district headquarters to the capital of state. Detour index is an effective measure of the efficiency of transport network. It is a good indicator of the level of complexity of topology. A straight-line link is a route of minimum distance between two nodes. But these are found rarely in real world. Even the straight-line links also have deviation to some extent. These types of deviations are found due to physical barriers like mountains, rivers, ravines, plateaus, lakes, ponds etc.; which are measured by detour index.

Keywords: Straight link, Correlation, node, range, Standard Deviation, Coefficient of Variation,  (omega; lower case),  (sigma; lower case),  (gamma; lower case).

Paper Id: 232162

Published On: 2025-02-27

Published In: Volume 13, Issue 1, January-February 2025

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