An agent-based model of residential mobility

Jordan, René; Birkin, Mark; Evans, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2014.06.006

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“…85] is not entirely novel, having been explored previously e.g. in the context of urban housing markets [86], local labour markets [87], and retail behaviour [88]. However the Turing is now supporting for the first time the integration of microsimulation, spatial interaction and agent-based models at scale within the framework of a 'digital twin' of a city with real policy challenges and mechanisms for intervention [10].…”

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Agent-based modelling for Urban Analytics: State of the art and challenges

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Agent-based modelling (ABM) is a facet of wider Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) research that explores the collective behaviour of individual ‘agents’, and the implications that their behaviour and interactions have for wider systemic behaviour. The method has been shown to hold considerable value in exploring and understanding human societies, but is still largely confined to use in academia. This is particularly evident in the field of Urban Analytics; one that is characterised by the use of new forms of data in combination with computational approaches to gain insight into urban processes. In Urban Analytics, ABM is gaining popularity as a valuable method for understanding the low-level interactions that ultimately drive cities, but as yet is rarely used by stakeholders (planners, governments, etc.) to address real policy problems. This paper presents the state-of-the-art in the application of ABM at the interface of MAS and Urban Analytics by a group of ABM researchers who are affiliated with the Urban Analytics programme of the Alan Turing Institute in London (UK). It addresses issues around modelling behaviour, the use of new forms of data, the calibration of models under high uncertainty, real-time modelling, the use of AI techniques, large-scale models, and the implications for modelling policy. The discussion also contextualises current research in wider debates around Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and MAS more broadly.

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