Category Archives: Scaling

Spatial Simulation

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Michael Batty

A new book by David O’Sullivan and George Perry called Spatial Simulation: Exploring Pattern and Process (Wiley, 2013) is an important landmark text for all those involved in CA and ABM. I quote from the back cover: “O’Sullivan and Perry … Continue reading →

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Cities, Brains, Percolation

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Michael Batty

At ECCS ’13 this morning, Elsa Arcaute, Lecturer in Urban Modelling in CASA, is talking about our work on city size using percolation theory which has analogies to Hernan Makse’s work on percolation and the brain. Click here for the … Continue reading →

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ECCS 13 in Barcelona

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Michael Batty

Several of us from the Mechanicity and Eunoia Projects are embarked on an expedition to the European Conference on Complex Systems held this year in Barcelona. Tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday, we present in various satellite sessions devoted to Complexity-Net, our … Continue reading →

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