Using Participatory Computer Simulation to Explore the Process of Urban Evolution

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-289

  Dearden, Joel ^a   Wilson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; SALES; VISUALIZATION;

AGENT BASED; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; ROLE-PLAYS; URBAN MODELING; URBAN SYSTEMS; YORKSHIRES;

TOYS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 79958285693     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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