Gis, Spatial Analysis, And Modeling
by Maguire, David J.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-07-31
Publisher(s): Esri Pr
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Summary
A guide for geographic analysts, modelers, software engineers, and GIS professionals, this book discusses agent-based modeling, dynamic feedback and simulation modeling, as well as links between models and GIS software. This collection also presents a state-of-the-art understanding of applications based on environmental, atmospheric, hydrological, urban, social, health, and economic models.
Author Biography
David Maguire is the director of products at ESRI and is a visiting professor at University College London and the University of Redlands. He lives in Redlands, California. Michael Batty is a Bartlett Professor of Planning and directs the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London. Michael Goodchild is a professor of geography at the University of California–Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science and is the chairman of the executive committee of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Authors | p. ix |
| GIS and Modeling Overview | p. 1 |
| Towards a GIS Platform for Spatial Analysis and Modeling | p. 19 |
| Approaches to Modeling in GIS: Spatial Representation and Temporal Dynamics | p. 41 |
| Tools and Techniques: Introduction by David J. Maguire | p. 63 |
| Assessing the Uncertainty Resulting from Geoprocessing Operations | p. 67 |
| Spatial Statistical Modeling in a GIS Environment | p. 93 |
| Linking General-Purpose Dynamic Simulation Models with GIS | p. 113 |
| Dynamic, Geospatial Landscape Modeling and Simulation | p. 131 |
| Socioeconomic Applications: Introduction by Michael Batty | p. 147 |
| Urban Growth Using Cellular Automata Models | p. 151 |
| A Data Model to Represent Plans and Regulations in Urban Simulation Models | p. 173 |
| Urban Land-Use Transportation Models | p. 203 |
| Retail and Service Location Planning | p. 221 |
| Simulating Spatially Explicit Networks for Dispersion of Infectious Diseases | p. 245 |
| The Use of GIS in Transport Modeling | p. 265 |
| The Integration of Case-Based Reasoning and GIS in a Planning Support System | p. 289 |
| Environmental Applications - Introduction by Michael F. Goodchild | p. 315 |
| Hydrologic Modeling | p. 319 |
| Environmental Modeling with PCRaster | p. 333 |
| Transition Potential Modeling for Land Cover Change | p. 357 |
| Modeling the Interaction Between Humans and Animals in multiple-use Forests: A Case Study of Panthera tigris | p. 387 |
| Integration of Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models of Land Use: Prospects and Challenges | p. 403 |
| Generating Prescribed Patterns in Landscape Models | p. 423 |
| GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling: Current Status and Future Prospects | p. 445 |
| Acronyms | p. 457 |
| Index | p. 461 |
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