The principle and algorithm for generating incidence matrix for any arbitrary network

Abstract

In this paper, a new principle and algorithm for obtaining the incidence matrix for any arbitrary network which were represented by nodes and segments while we have already known the endpoints of each line segments in 2D space were introduced. In addition, a calculated procedure was compiled by C++ language and two extra examples were calculated. The results shown that the principal and algorithm we stated were right for auto-generating of the incidence matrix for any arbitrary network. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.