There are many things to read from this course. I recommend you look at three of my own books and dip into these: Fractal Cities (1994, with Paul Longley), Cities and Complexity (2005), and Agent Based Models of Geographical Systems (2011, edited by Alison Heppenstall, Andrew Crooks, Linda See, and myself). These cover the three components of the course: fractals, complexity, and agent based modeling in that order although the Cities and Complexity book covers all three. Unfortunately that book is not online but the other two are. However there is a copy in the CASA library and also if you want to borrow one then come and get one from me. The links to these are:
Fractal Cities
Cities and Complexity
Agent Based Models of Geographical Systems
And there are a number of papers that are online that are relevant background and these can be accessed by clicking on the following:
Simulating spatial dynamics: cellular automata theory
Generating cities from the bottom-up
Cellular automata and urban form: a primer
Exploring the historical determinants of urban growth patterns through CA
A digital breeder for designing cities
Fifty years of urban modeling – macro-statics to micro-dynamics
Urban modelling
