Modeling urban growth using a variable grid cellular automaton

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Vliet, Jasper van ^a   White, Roger ^a,b   Dragicevic, Suzana ^c  

^a Research Institute for Knowledge Systems   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Spatial dynamics; Urban growth models; Variable grid

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DYNAMICS; FLAME RESISTANCE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IMAGE REGISTRATION; LAND USE; MODAL ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

ALLOCATION MODELS; CELL STATES; CELLULAR LEVELS; CLUSTER SIZES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; GOODNESS OF FITS; KAPPA STATISTICS; LAND USE DYNAMICS; LOCAL DYNAMICS; REMOTE AREAS; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; URBAN GROWTH MODELS; URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS; VANCOUVER; VARIABLE GRID;

AUTOMATA THEORY;

CALIBRATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 58149163451     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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