An analysis of the effect of the stochastic component of urban cellular automata models

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-296

  García, Andrés Manuel ^a   Santé, Inés ^a   Crecente, Rafael ^a   Miranda, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo method; Stochastic cellular automata; Urban cellular automata; Urban simulation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODELS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; SPATIAL METRICS; STOCHASTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATA; STOCHASTIC COMPONENT; URBAN CELLULAR AUTOMATA; URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS; URBAN GROWTH PREDICTION; URBAN SIMULATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMETRICS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 79956005270     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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