Category Archives: Big Data

Percolating Britain

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Michael Batty

In human systems, defining any of the objects or attributes we work with is plagued with ambiguity. Defining cities is one of the classic problems and here we use percolation theory to ultimately define cities as connected clusters at a … Continue reading →

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Smart Cities by Anthony Townsend: A Review

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Michael Batty

Asked by Built Environment to review this some 18 months after it was first published, the world of smart cities has moved on so fast at the level of how we use personal devices to navigate, shop, search etc. that Anthony … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Data, Complexity, Flows, Information, Smart Cities, Urban Models | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Agent-Based Models, Big Data, Complexity, Planning Support, Urban Models | Leave a comment