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Statistical Characterization of the Virtual Water Trade Network

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The water that is used in the production process of a product (a supply, commodity or service) is called the “virtual water” contained in the product. If one country (or region, company, individual, etc.) exports a water intensive product to another country, it exports water in virtual form. Virtual water trade as both a policy instrument and practical means to balance the local, national and global water budget has received much attention in recent years. Several studies have been conducted by researchers from various disciplines including engineers, economists and demographers. The aim of this paper is to improve the statistical characterization of the virtual water flow networks by suggesting a statistical modeling approach for examining their stochastic properties.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Informatics, Applications, University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni, 59-50134, Firenze, Italy

    Alessandra Petrucci & Emilia Rocco

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  1. Alessandra Petrucci
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  1. Department of Statistical Science, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

    Donatella Vicari

  2. and Information Sciences, Tama University Graduate School of Management, Tokyo, Japan

    Akinori Okada

  3. Department of Political Science, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

    Giancarlo Ragozini

  4. Fakultät Statistik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Claus Weihs

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Petrucci, A., Rocco, E. (2014). Statistical Characterization of the Virtual Water Trade Network. In: Vicari, D., Okada, A., Ragozini, G., Weihs, C. (eds) Analysis and Modeling of Complex Data in Behavioral and Social Sciences. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06692-9_23

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