<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Background: Functional regions are abstract, uniformly defined territorial units that form an important basis for many development strategies of a country or a region.Objectives: This study analyses the application of network theory to the detection of such regions.Methods/Approach: Functional regions are analysed using two methods based on the graph theory: the Walktrap algorithm and the chain approach. The quality of the two regionalization methods is analysed using the fuzzy set theory with the revised method. Slovenia was used as a case study.Results: The Walktrap algorithm generated eight functional regions; seven of them corresponded to those identified in previous studies. The only difference occurred in the northwestern mountainous part of Slovenia. The chain approach led to similar results, although it resulted in a huge functional urban region of the capital Ljubljana.Conclusions: The results show that the Walktrap algorithm calculates regions that are more closed, where more workers find work in the home region, than the chain approach.</abstract>

Background: Functional regions are abstract, uniformly defined territorial units that form an important basis for many development strategies of a country or a region.Objectives: This study analyses the application of network theory to the detection of such regions.Methods/Approach: Functional regions are analysed using two methods based on the graph theory: the Walktrap algorithm and the chain approach. The quality of the two regionalization methods is analysed using the fuzzy set theory with the revised method. Slovenia was used as a case study.Results: The Walktrap algorithm generated eight functional regions; seven of them corresponded to those identified in previous studies. The only difference occurred in the northwestern mountainous part of Slovenia. The chain approach led to similar results, although it resulted in a huge functional urban region of the capital Ljubljana.Conclusions: The results show that the Walktrap algorithm calculates regions that are more closed, where more workers find work in the home region, than the chain approach.

Comparison of Two Network-Theory-Based Methods for detecting Functional Regions

Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering

Technical University of Cartagena / Business Management

Business Systems Research Journal

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Background: Functional regions are abstract, uniformly defined territorial units that form an important basis for many development strategies of a country or a...

Comparison of Two Network-Theory-Based Methods for detecting Functional Regions

Published Online: Oct 29, 2020

Page range: 21 - 35

Received: Jan 28, 2020

Accepted: Apr 19, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0013

Keywords
functional regionalisation, graphs, Walktrap algorithm, chain method, fuzzy sets, Slovenia

© 2020 Samo Drobne et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comparison of Two Network-Theory-Based Methods for detecting Functional Regions

Published Online: Oct 29, 2020

Page range: 21 - 35

Received: Jan 28, 2020

Accepted: Apr 19, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0013

Keywordsfunctional regionalisation, graphs, Walktrap algorithm, chain method, fuzzy sets, Slovenia

© 2020 Samo Drobne et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
functional regionalisation, graphs, Walktrap algorithm, chain method, fuzzy sets, Slovenia