Category Archives: Cellular Automata

Calibrating Cellular Automata (CA)

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Michael Batty

Urban CA models use sets of rules that are applied to each cell in the geographical array to change the state of the cell usually according to attributes that exist in the neighbourhood of the cell in question. As there … Continue reading →

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Urban Complexity and Planning

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Michael Batty

 An interesting new book by Shi-Kung Lai and Haoying Han which weaves together their various papers which range from strict cellular automata models of urban processes to models of organisational structures such as Cohen’s decision-making model applied to planning (The … Continue reading →

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China Rising: Beijing City Lab

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Michael Batty

A fascinating virtual lab pulling together research in urban science focussed on researchers from several Chinese universities and agencies in Beijing. From their site, they say “The Beijing City Lab (BCL) is a virtual research community, dedicated to studying, but … Continue reading →

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