Category Archives: Big Data

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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未来的智慧城市

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Michael Batty

My colleagues Zhao Yiting and Long Ying from the Beijing City Lab have graciously translated our paper called Smart Cities of the Future. I owe them many thanks. It is available in a special issue of the journal Urban Planning International (1673-9493, 2014, … Continue reading →

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Visual Analytics for Urban Design

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Michael Batty

Andy and myself have done a paper for the Autumn 2014 issue of the Urban Design Journal that explores the range of visual analytics by which we mean visualisations that have an analytical meaning – 3D, maps, graphics, flows and dashboards. You … Continue reading →

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