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| Preface. | |
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| Acknowledgements. | |
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| Foreword. | |
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| Introduction to urban Geosimulation. | |
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| A new wave of urban geographic models is coming | |
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| Defining urban Geosimulation | |
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| Automata as a basis of Geosimulation | |
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| High-resolution GIS as a driving force of Geosimulation | |
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| The origins of support for Geosimulation | |
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| Geosimulation of complex adaptive systems | |
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| Book layout | |
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| Formalizing Geosimulation with Geographic Automata Systems (GAS). | |
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| Cellular Automata and Multi-Agent Systems - Unite! | |
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| Geographic Automata Systems (GAS | |
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| GAS as a tool for modelling Complex Adaptive Systems | |
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| From Gas to software environment for urban modelling | |
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| Object Based Environment for Urban Simulation (OBEUS) - a minimal implementation of GAS | |
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| Universality of GAS | |
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| Verifying GAS models | |
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| System Theory, Geography, and Urban Modelling. | |
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| The basic notions of system theory | |
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| The 1960s, geography meets system theory | |
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| 'Stocks and flows' urban modelling | |
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| Critics of comprehensive modelling | |
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| What next? Geosimulation of collective dynamics! | |
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| Modelling urban land usage with cellular automata. | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cellular Automata as a framework for modelling complex spatial systems | |
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| Urban Cellular Automata | |
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| From Markov models to urban Cellular Automata | |
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| Integration of the CA and Markov approaches at a regional level | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Modelling Urban Dynamics with Multi-Agent Systems. | |
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| Introduction | |
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| MAS as a tool for modelling complex human-driven systems | |
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| Interpreting agency | |
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| Urban agents, urban agency, and multi-agent cities | |
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| Agent behaviour in urban environments | |
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| General models of agents' collectives in urban interpretation | |
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| Abstract MAS models of urban phenomena | |
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| Real-world agent-based simulations of urban phenomena | |
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| MAS models as planning and assessment tools | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Finale: Epistemology of Geosimulation. | |
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| Universal questions | |
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| The future of Geosimulation | |
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| Bibliography. | |
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| Index. | |