
488 Big Data Computing
border. The higher the border number, the farther the block is from the border,
or reversely the lower the border number, the closer the block is to the border.
We apply the above computing process to the three networks and obtain
large numbers of blocks as shown in Table 16.1. We can note that Germany
has far more blocks than France and the UK, almost four times as many. Each
individual block is assigned a border number to show how far it is to the
outmost border. Interestingly, the maximum border number for the farthest
block from the border varies from one country to another. Both France and
the UK have very similar ma ...