GeoComputational Analysis and Modeling of Regional Systems

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 GeoComputational Research on Regional Systems  (Jean-Claude Thill, Suzana Dragicevic)....Pages 3-6
 Code as Text: Open Source Lessons for Geospatial Research and Education  (Sergio J. Rey)....Pages 7-21
 Considering Diversity in Spatial Decision Support Systems  (Ningchuan Xiao)....Pages 23-35
 Parallel Computing for Geocomputational Modeling  (Wenwu Tang, Wenpeng Feng, Jing Deng, Meijuan Jia, Huifang Zuo)....Pages 37-54
 High-Performance GeoComputation with the Parallel Raster Processing Library  (Qingfeng Guan, Shujian Hu, Yang Liu, Shuo Yun)....Pages 55-74
Front Matter ....Pages 75-75
 ‘Can You Fix It?’ Using Variance-Based Sensitivity Analysis to Reduce the Input Space of an Agent-Based Model of Land Use Change  (Arika Ligmann-Zielinska)....Pages 77-99
 Agent-Based Modeling of Large-Scale Land Acquisition and Rural Household Dynamics  (Atesmachew B. Hailegiorgis, Claudio Cioffi-Revilla)....Pages 101-119
 Spatial Agent-based Modeling to Explore Slum Formation Dynamics in Ahmedabad, India  (Amit Patel, Andrew Crooks, Naoru Koizumi)....Pages 121-141
 Incorporating Urban Spatial Structure in Agent-Based Urban Simulations  (Haoying Wang)....Pages 143-165
 The ILUTE Demographic Microsimulation Model for the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area: Current Operational Status and Historical Validation  (Franco Chingcuanco, Eric J. Miller)....Pages 167-187
Front Matter ....Pages 189-189
 Machine Learning and Landslide Assessment in a GIS Environment  (Miloš Marjanović, Branislav Bajat, Biljana Abolmasov, Miloš Kovačević)....Pages 191-213
 Influence of DEM Uncertainty on the Individual-Based Modeling of Dispersal Behavior: A Simple Experiment  (Vincent B. Robinson)....Pages 215-235
 A Semi-Automated Software Framework Using GEOBIA and GIS for Delineating Oil and Well Pad Footprints in Alberta, Canada  (Verda Kocabas)....Pages 237-256
 Modeling Urban Land-Use Suitability with Soft Computing: The GIS-LSP Method  (Suzana Dragićević, Jozo Dujmović, Richard Minardi)....Pages 257-275
 An Algorithmic Approach for Simulating Realistic Irregular Lattices  (Juan C. Duque, Alejandro Betancourt, Freddy H. Marin)....Pages 277-303
 A Robust Heuristic Approach for Regionalization Problems  (Kamyoung Kim, Yongwan Chun, Hyun Kim)....Pages 305-324
 iGLASS: An Open Source SDSS for Public School Location-Allocation  (Min Chen, Jean-Claude Thill, Eric Delmelle)....Pages 325-353
 A Space-Time Approach to Reducing Child Pedestrian Exposure to Motor-Vehicle Commuter Traffic  (Nikolaos Yiannakoulias, William Bland)....Pages 355-372
 Decomposing and Interpreting Spatial Effects in Spatio-Temporal Analysis: Evidences for Spatial Data Pooled Over Time  (Jean Dubé, Diégo Legros)....Pages 373-394
 An Open Source Spatiotemporal Model for Simulating Obesity Prevalence  (Jay Lee, Xinyue Ye)....Pages 395-410