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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">430</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>NODAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY THROUGH HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Boral</surname><given-names>Eshita</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bhaduri</surname><given-names>Sukla</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>10</day><month>10</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>31</fpage><lpage>36</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Transportation network development is considered to be one of the keys to modernization and development. An efficient road network is inevitable for meeting the needs of a sound transportation system in the country. This paper seeks to derive the transport efficiency of selected nodes within West Bengal through the existing highway system in the state. The study of network includes an analysis of intersections or nodes with the help of connectivity and centrality indices. Results derived indicates that&#13;
with increase in number of highways within the state not only has the degree of connectivity between nodes enhanced but also has the accessibility, since nodes are becoming more and more centrally located in the system with the development of the integrated network of highways over the Road Plans.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Network analysis</kwd><kwd> Transport efficiency</kwd><kwd> Direct connectivity</kwd><kwd> Matrix</kwd><kwd> Degree of centrality</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
