Category Archives: Information

Geodesign

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Michael Batty

Geodesign is the term coined by Carl Steinitz for the way in which “maps and geography are merging with mathematics and computing” as Jack Dangermond, President of ERSI, says in the Preface to Carl’s new book A Framework for Geodesign: … Continue reading →

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Big Data, Complexity, Networks at the German Physical Society

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Michael Batty

Full Details of the Meeting are Here Various people from UCL and Kings are contributing to this meeting in Berlin. Mike Batty from CASA is talking on how cities and their evident complexity require big data which is rapidly becoming … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 1, 2011 by Michael Batty

Click left for the lecture or above on Lecture 7. More on entropy and information here, and I rework some of the material of Lecture 6. Note the random collisions model and run Chen’s online movie and have look at … Continue reading →

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