Advances and techniques for building 3D agent-based models for urban systems

Advanced Geo-Simulation Models

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-65

  Crooks, Andrew T ^a   Hudson Smith, Andrew ^b   Patel, Ateen ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882659940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805222611101010049     Document Type: Chapter

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