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SIMPOP: A Multiagent System for the Study of Urbanism

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: SIMPOP is a knowledge-based simulation system for the description of the evolution of settlement patterns over long time periods. Rules and parameters are introduced into a multiagent systems formalism where each settlement is considered as a separate entity interacting with the others and transforming itself. The rules may allow for the simulation of the ‘urban transition’ from a set of homogeneous, agriculture-oriented, and scattered villages into a complex system of functionally diverse, competing, and hierarchised urban settlements. In this paper we show how several modifications of rules and parameters alter further the spatial and hierarchical structure of the simulated urban system.

Source: Environment and Planning B Planning and Design

DOI: 10.1068/b240287

Authors: L Sanders, D Pumain, H Mathian, F Guérin-Pace, S Bura

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR Géographie-cités, Environnement, ville, société, Institut national d'études démographiques, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie

Language: English

Topic: Urban Design and Spatial Analysis

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2069284367

FWCI: 13.97

Cites: 8

Cited by: 192

Related to: 10