Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Perspectives on Agent-Based Models and Geographical Systems....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
A Generic Framework for Computational Spatial Modelling....Pages 19-50
A Review of Microsimulation and Hybrid Agent-Based Approaches....Pages 51-68
Cellular Automata in Urban Spatial Modelling....Pages 69-84
Introduction to Agent-Based Modelling....Pages 85-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Agent-Based Models – Because They’re Worth It?....Pages 109-123
Agent-Based Modeling and Complexity....Pages 125-139
Designing and Building an Agent-Based Model....Pages 141-165
Modelling Human Behaviour in Agent-Based Models....Pages 167-179
Calibration and Validation of Agent-Based Models of Land Cover Change....Pages 181-197
Networks in Agent-Based Social Simulation....Pages 199-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
The Integration of Agent-Based Modelling and Geographical Information for Geospatial Simulation....Pages 219-251
Space in Agent-Based Models....Pages 253-269
Large Scale Agent-Based Modelling: A Review and Guidelines for Model Scaling....Pages 271-308
Uncertainty and Error....Pages 309-346
Agent-Based Extensions to a Spatial Microsimulation Model of Demographic Change....Pages 347-360
Designing, Formulating, and Communicating Agent-Based Models....Pages 361-377
Agent Tools, Techniques and Methods for Macro and Microscopic Simulation....Pages 379-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Using Agent-Based Models to Simulate Crime....Pages 411-434
Urban Geosimulation....Pages 435-450
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Applied Pedestrian Modeling....Pages 451-462
Business Applications and Research Questions Using Spatial Agent-Based Models....Pages 463-480
Using Agent-Based Models for Education Planning: Is the UK Education System Agent Based?....Pages 481-497
Simulating Spatial Health Inequalities....Pages 499-510
Agent-Based Modelling of Residential Mobility, Housing Choice and Regeneration....Pages 511-524
Do Land Markets Matter? A Modeling Ontology and Experimental Design to Test the Effects of Land Markets for an Agent-Based Model of Ex-Urban Residential Land-Use Change....Pages 525-542
Exploring Coupled Housing and Land Market Interactions Through an Economic Agent-Based Model (CHALMS)....Pages 543-568
Front Matter....Pages 569-569
Exploring Urban Dynamics in Latin American Cities Using an Agent-Based Simulation Approach....Pages 571-589
An Agent-Based/Network Approach to Spatial Epidemics....Pages 591-610
An Agent-Based Modelling Application of Shifting Cultivation....Pages 611-625
Towards New Metrics for Urban Road Networks: Some Preliminary Evidence from Agent-Based Simulations....Pages 627-641
A Logistic Based Cellular Automata Model for Continuous Urban Growth Simulation: A Case Study of the Gold Coast City, Australia....Pages 643-662
Exploring Demographic and Lot Effects in an ABM/LUCC of Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon....Pages 663-676
Beyond Zipf: An Agent-Based Understanding of City Size Distributions....Pages 677-704
The Relationship of Dynamic Entropy Maximising and Agent-Based Approaches in Urban Modelling....Pages 705-720
Multi-agent System Modelling for Urban Systems: The Series of SIMPOP Models....Pages 721-738
Reflections and Conclusions: Geographical Models to Address Grand Challenges....Pages 739-747
Back Matter....Pages 749-759