Abstract
The main step towards building “intelligent” Gis is to connect them with spatial simulation models. Multi Agent Systems (Mas) allow to represent, through a computer code, the behaviour of entities operating in a given environment and the system dynamics that derive from the interactions of such agents. We integrated (through the VBA programming language) a Mas into a Gis, where, through a friendly interface, it is possible, during the simulation, to modify the model by adding individual behavioural rules and/or new typologies of agents. In our urban Mas, two typologies of agents are defined: retail users and retail entrepreneurs, interacting according to a spatial demand-supply matching mechanism. We describe a prototypal application of a model whose aim is simulating, in an urban system, the dynamics of retailing location.
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Lombardo, S., Petri, M., Zotta, D. (2004). Intelligent Gis and Retail Location Dynamics: A Multi Agent System Integrated with ArcGis. In: Laganá, A., Gavrilova, M.L., Kumar, V., Mun, Y., Tan, C.J.K., Gervasi, O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2004. ICCSA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3044. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24709-8_110
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