Slumulation: An agent-based modeling approach to slum formations

JASSS

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Patel, Amit ^a   Crooks, Andrew ^b   Koizumi, Naoru ^c  

^a George Mason University ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Developing countries; Housing; Informal settlements; Slums; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868601441     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.2045     Document Type: Article

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