Editors:
- The only book to deal specifically with ABM and geographical systems
- A comprehensive set of papers on background, theory, technical issues and applications of ABMs
- Presents a thorough background to the premise of ABM
- Discusses important technical issues such as how to handle errors, validate and visualise ABMs
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Computational Modelling: Techniques for Simulating Geographical Systems
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Front Matter
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Computational Modelling: Techniques for Modelling Geographical Systems
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Principles and Concepts of Agent-Based Modelling
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Front Matter
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Methods, Techniques and Tools for the Design and Construction of Agent-Based Models
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Front Matter
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Methods, Techniques and Considerations when Creating Agent-Based Models (Technical Issues)
About this book
This unique book brings together a comprehensive set of papers on the background, theory, technical issues and applications of agent-based modelling (ABM) within geographical systems. This collection of papers is an invaluable reference point for the experienced agent-based modeller as well those new to the area. Specific geographical issues such as handling scale and space are dealt with as well as practical advice from leading experts about designing and creating ABMs, handling complexity, visualising and validating model outputs. With contributions from many of the world’s leading research institutions, the latest applied research (micro and macro applications) from around the globe exemplify what can be achieved in geographical context.
This book is relevant to researchers, postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students, and professionals in the areas of quantitative geography, spatial analysis, spatial modelling, social simulation modelling and geographical information sciences.
Keywords
- ABM
- Agent tools techniques
- Agent-Based Modelling
- CHALMS
- City size distributions
- Computational methods models
- Demographic change
- Diffusion models
- Education system agent based
- Ex-urban residential land-use change
- GIS
- Geocomputational Techniques
- Geographical Systems
- Geography
- Geosimulation
- Geospatial simulation
- Health inequalities
- Housing choice
- Land Use
- Macro and microscopic simulation
- Model scalling
- Residential mobility
- SIMPOP models
- Social Sciences
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This edited book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging area of ABM. Together, the chapters provide a rich source of bibliographic references, detailed illustrations to support visual understanding, and a logical presentation of the science behind ABM. … This book will be an essential reference text for academics, students, and decision makers who design and interpret spatial models to understand geographical processes.” (Suzana Dragićević, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 40, 2013)
“A collection of papers that offer a comprehensive state-of-the-art of agent-based modelling (ABM) in geography. … an essential reference for any researcher in the field of ABM and geographical systems. Although a more than 700 pages book can scare everyone, the admirably collective effort to synthesize and provide an up-to-date overview of the most relevant methodological and applied works in the field is worth the challenge. Furthermore, it must be said that it can also be recommended to any reader interested in ABM … .” (José Manuel Galán, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 15 (3), 2012)Editors and Affiliations
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School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Alison J. Heppenstall
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, Department of Computational Social Scien, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
Andrew T. Crooks
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International Institute of Applied Syste, Laxenburg, Austria
Linda M. See
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Ctr. Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Michael Batty
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems
Editors: Alison J. Heppenstall, Andrew T. Crooks, Linda M. See, Michael Batty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8926-7Published: 24 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9483-2Published: 26 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8927-4Published: 24 November 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 760
Topics: Human Geography, Simulation and Modeling, Geography, general