GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling / Edition 1

by David J Maguire, Michael F Goodchild, Michael Batty

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589481305
Publisher:	Esri Press
Publication date:	08/01/2006
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	7.58(w) x 8.94(h) x 1.11(d)

About the Author

ESRI, Redlands, California.


Michael F. Goodchild is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. He was Editor of Geographical Analysis between 1987 and 1990 and has served as Chair of the GIS Specialty Group of the Association of
American Geographers. Dr. Bradley O. Parks is GIS Coordinator for Great Lakes Research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Large Lakes Research Station, Grosse Ile, MI. Dr. Louuis T. Steyaert is a research physical scientist within the National Mapping Division of the U.S. Geological
Survey.



Michael Batty is Bartlett Professor of Planning and Director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at UniversityCollege London.