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Main Title Complex Artificial Environments Simulation, Cognition and VR in the Study and Planning of Cities / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Portugali, Juval.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Year Published 2006
Call Number HT165.5-169.9
ISBN 9783540297109
Subjects Geography ; Optical pattern recognition ; Computer science ; Geographical information systems ; Regional planning ; Physics ; Engineering
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29710-3
Collation XVIII, 322 p. online resource.
Notes Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes General aspects of Complex Artificial Environments -- The Scope of Complex Artificial Environments -- Recognition of Natural and Artificial Environments by Computers: Commonalities and Differences -- Visualization in Spatial Modeling -- Transferring Concepts for Urban Modeling: Capture or Exchange? -- Specific experiences -- Design Issues to be Considered for Development of an Object-Oriented System for 3D Geovisualization: The Aalborg Experience -- Complex Artificial Environments - ESLab's Experience -- Urban simulation models -- Geosimulation and its Application to Urban Growth Modeling -- Geographic Automata Systems and the OBEUS Software for Their Implementation -- The CityDev Project: An Interactive Multi-agent Urban Model on the Web -- Modeling Multi-scale Processes in a Cellular Automata Framework -- Cognition and VR -- Multi-Agent Models of Spatial Cognition, Learning and Complex Choice Behavior in Urban Environments -- Cognition and Decision in Multi-agent Modeling of Spatial Entities at Different Geographical Scales -- Cognitive Modeling of Urban Complexity -- Navigation in Electronic Environments -- Enhancing the Legibility of Virtual Cities by Means of Residents' Urban Image: a Wayfinding Support System -- Small World Modeling for Complex Geographic Environments -- Planning -- Planning and Designing with People -- Planning Support Systems Evolving: When the Rubber Hits the Road. This book explores the possibilities of applying the theories of complexity and self-organization developed to account for various phenomena in the natural science to artifacts traditionally the realm of humanities and social sciences. The emphasis of this volume is on the development of cities and the impact of these methods on urban simulation methods.
Place Published Berlin, Heidelberg
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2006
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20140821022224
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 03560nam a22005415i 45