Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems Alison J. Heppenstall • Andrew T. Crooks Linda M. See • Michael Batty Editors Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems Editors Alison J. Heppenstall Andrew T. Crooks School of Geography Department of Computational University of Leeds Social Science Research l Woodhouse Lane George Mason University LS2 9JT Leeds University Drive 4400 United Kingdom 22030 Fairfax Virginia
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[email protected] ISBN 978-90-481-8926-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8927-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011940794 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfi lming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifi cally for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Contents 1 Perspectives on Agent-Based Models and Geographical Systems ..................................................................... 1 Michael Batty, Andrew T. Crooks, Linda M. See, and Alison J.