Category Archives: Networks

Visualisation and Visual Analytics

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Michael Batty

Gave a talk today to the Market Research Society’s meeting on “Generating Value from the 2011 Census: How business can benefit from the new free Census data”. The talk was a compilation of ideas developed by Ollie O’Brien, Steven Gray, … Continue reading →

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Phil Ball’s Little Masterpiece

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Michael Batty

Phil Ball’s little book is one of the best summaries I have come across on complexity theory and its applications. This little triumph of clarity argues that society’s problems are those of highly connected systems. The book has been written … Continue reading →

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The Interactive ZIPScribble Map

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Michael Batty

Robert Kosara has produced some really neat maps of connected places on his blog ‘eager eyes’ where he connects “all the ZIP or postal codes in a country in ascending order”. The UK is rather integrated it seems compared to other countries. … Continue reading →

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