The Simulation of Spatial Change: What Relation Between Knowledge and Modeling? A Proposal and Its Application

Silvana Lombardo and Massimiliano Petri
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Silvana Lombardo: University of Pisa
Massimiliano Petri: University of Pisa

A chapter in The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems, 2008, pp 335-356 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The aim of the research is to investigate land use transformations in a territorial area of Albania, analyzing the connections existing between the deep political and socio-economical changes. The tools we adopted, from the field of the KDS, is able to produce IF/THEN type rules, in which the “IF” part describes the observed state, and the “THEN” part identifies the transition to another state. The application included different phases: a) construction of maps referred to different time slices; b) construction of automated procedures within G.I.S. in order to perform various kinds of cartographic analysis such as map overlays, neighbouring analysis, etc; c) construction of automated report tables referred to cartographic analysis, containing all the attributes necessary to describe the territorial structure; d) implementation of an algorithm able to extract land transformation rules; e) analysis of the obtained rules in order to find significant relations between socio-economical and spatial evolution.

Keywords: Cellular Automaton; Multi Agent System; Spatial Change; Multicriteria Decision; Decision Tree Induction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-1937-3_16

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