The dynamic geometry of geographical vector agents

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 502-519

  Hammam, Yasser ^a   Moore, Antoni ^a   Whigham, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary displacement; Brownian motion; Dynamic geometry; Vector agent

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTORS;

BOUNDARY DISPLACEMENT; DYNAMIC GEOMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC AUTOMATA SYSTEM; VECTOR AGENTS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; BROWNIAN MOTION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; GEOMETRY; GIS; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VECTOR;

EID: 34648816551     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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