Exploring the Regional Structure of the Worldwide Air Traffic and Route Networks

Figure 5

Average clustering coefficient versus degree for the large components. The blue dots represent the average clustering coefficient for the unweighted network. The red dots represent the average clustering coefficient for the weighted network. The blue curve is the estimated k^−β function. Weighted average clustering coefficients are lower than their unweighted equivalent. The interconnected triplets tend to be formed by low-weight edges in the large local components.