'Situating' simulation to model human spatio-temporal interactions: An example using crime events

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-530

  Groff, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity spaces; Agent based models; Movement; Robbery; Space time

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRIME; LAND USE;

ACTIVITY SPACES; AGENT-BASED MODEL; DYNAMIC DECISION; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; MOVEMENT; ROBBERY; SPACETIME; SPATIAL ASPECT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL INTERACTIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRIME; GIS; MODEL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248378878     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2007.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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