An agent-based microsimulation framework for investigating residential segregation using census data

MODSIM07 - Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 365-371

  Mahdavi, B ^a   O'Sullivan, D ^a   Davis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Microsimulation; Residential segregation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; INTEGRATED CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOCIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GLOBAL PROPERTIES; INDISPENSABLE TOOLS; RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 80052922788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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