Category Archives: Agent-Based Models

Modelling: Big Questions Remain

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Michael Batty

Recently I was asked to speculate on what strides had been made in urban and transport modelling during the last 20 years and what did I think models would evolve to in the next 20. The current editorial in EPB … Continue reading →

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Geocomputation A Primer

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Michael Batty

A very nicely produced review of geocomputation in this edited book by Chris Brunsdon and Alex Singleton. It covers many interesting new techniques from agent based models to new visual statistics, from crowdsourcing methods to the newer scripting languages that are … Continue reading →

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The Requiem Revisited

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Michael Batty

40 years ago, Douglass B Lee published his notorious article “Requiem for Large Scale Models” in the Journal of the American Institute of Planners on the demise of the first generation of urban computer models in the United States. In … Continue reading →

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