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A guide for geographic analysts, modelers, software engineers, and GIS professionals, this book discusses agent-based modeling, dynamic feedback and simulation modeling, as well as links between models and GIS software. This collection also presents a state-of-the-art understanding of applications based on environmental, atmospheric, hydrological, urban, social, health, and economic models.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 A collection of case studies..., 2007-09-28
...rather than a "how to" or tutorial ESRI book, but nonetheless interesting for learning different approaches to solving spatial problems. The math content is minimal, but the target audience is probably the researcher rather than the GIS practitioner. The individual chapters are well-written, but since they span such a broad range of topics (see the TOC below) few people are likely to read this book cover-to-cover. I was content to have been able to borrow it from the library.
Contents:
GIS and Modeling Overview
Michael F. Goodchild
Towards a GIS Platform for Spatial Analysis and Modeling
David J. Maguire
Approaches to Modeling in GIS: Spatial Representation and Temporal Dynamics
Michael Batty
Tools and Techniques: Introduction by David J. Maguire
Assessing the Uncertainty Resulting from Geoprocessing Operations
Konstantin Krivoruchko and Carol A. Gotway Crawford
Spatial Statistical Modeling in a GIS Environment
Luc Anselin
Linking General-Purpose Dynamic Simulation Models with GIS
Ian Miller, Stefan Knopf, and Rick Kossik
Dynamic, Geospatial Landscape Modeling and Simulation
Thomas Maxwell and Alexey Voinov
Socioeconomic applications: Introduction by Michael Batty
Urban Growth Using Cellular Automata Models
Michael Batty and Yichun Xie
A Data Model to Represent Plans and Regulations in Urban Simulation Models
Lewis D. Hopkins, Nikhil Kaza, and Varkki G. Pallathucheril
Urban Land-Use Transportation Models
Michael Wegener
Retail and Service Location Planning
Mark Birkin
Simulating Spatially Explicit Networks for Dispersion of Infectious Diseases
Ling Bian and David Liebner
The Use of GIS in Transport Modeling
Thomas Israelsen and Rasmus Dyhr Frederiksen
The Integration of Case-Based Reasoning and GIS in a Planning Support System
Anthony G. O. Yeh
Environmental Applications: Introduction by Michael F. Goodchild
Hydrologic Modeling
David R. Maidment, Oscar Robayo, and Venkatesh Merwade
Environmental Modeling with PCRaster
Peter A. Burrough, Derek Karssenberg, and Willem van Deursen
Transition Potential Modeling for Land Cover Change
J. Ronald Eastman, Megan E. Van Fossen, and Luis A. Solrzano
Modeling the Interaction Between Humans and Animals in multiple-use Forests: A Case Study of Panthera Tigris
Sean Ahearn and J. L. David Smith
Integration of Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models of Land Use: Prospects and Challenges
Dawn C. Parker
Generating Prescribed Patterns in Landscape Models
Jiunn-Der Duh and Daniel G. Brown
GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling: Current Status and Future Prospects
David J. Maguire, Michael Batty, and Michael F. Goodchild
61 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
 GOT PhD ?, 2006-01-17
I'm a GIS manager with 23 years of real-world experience, I am the program director for the GIS degree program at Tarrant County College where I also teach advanced GIS classes ... This book was way over my head. It's first 5 pages are a matrix of the authors and their academic qualifications - there are 36 of them. That should have been a warning of the complexity of the speach.
Each chapter is written by a different author, and it's almost as if they try to speak in the most complex terms, and to be more complex than the last chapter. Written by pure acedemics FOR pure academics.
Make no mistake, the subject matter is not that complex - just the language. I would reccomend the "ESRI Guide to Spatial Analysis Volume 2" for a better primer on spatial analysis and how to make it work for you.
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