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Agent-based modeling in urban and architectural research: A brief literature review

  • Liang Chen
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  • School of Architecture, Room 701, Wong Foo Yuan Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R., China

Received date: 09 Sep 2011

Accepted date: 06 Feb 2012

Published date: 05 Jun 2012

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Agent-based modeling (ABM) is an emerging modeling approach. In the past two decades, agent-based models have been increasingly adapted by social scientists, especially scientists in urban and geospatial studies, as an effective paradigm for framing the underlying problems of complex and dynamic processes. As a result, the literature of ABM research is growing rapidly, covering a diverse range of topics. This paper presents a systematic literature review of ABM research, and discusses both theoretical issues such as ABM definition and architecture, and practical issues such as ABM applications and development platforms. A comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography is presented.

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Liang Chen . Agent-based modeling in urban and architectural research: A brief literature review[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2012 , 1(2) : 166 -177 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.03.003

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