Table 1 Practical significance of network indicators.
Network indicator | Practical significance | |
|---|---|---|
Degree | In-degree | Measures the degree of passive association of individual Water engineering facilities, reflecting their ability to receive external connections in terms of water flow, material transfer, etc |
Out-degree | Measures the degree of active export linkage of individual Water engineering facilities, reflecting their ability to provide active outreach to other facilities for water delivery, material delivery, etc | |
Betweenness centrality | Betweenness centrality | A measure of the criticality of a Water engineering facility as an “intermediary” in the network, reflecting its ability to control and transit network linkages such as water flows and material transfers |
Closeness centrality | In-closeness centrality | Reflects the ability of a Water engineering facility to rapidly access resources such as water, materials, etc., similar to a resource pooling node |
Out-closeness centrality | Reflects the ability of a Water engineering facility to rapidly export resources (e.g., supply water to the outside world, transport materials, etc.) or disseminate information, similar to a resource radiation node |
