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  • The New Science of Cities

    by Michael Batty ...
    A proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks.In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks and flows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we must understand ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Inventing Future Cities

    by Michael Batty ...
    How we can invent—but not predict—the future of cities.We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply; cities are the product of countless individual and collective decisions that do not conform to any grand plan. They ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Computable City

    Histories, Technologies, Stories, Predictions

    by Michael Batty ...
    How computers simulate cities and how they are also being embedded in cities, changing our behavior and the way in which cities evolve.At every stage in the history of computers and communications, it is safe to say we have been unable to predict what happens next. When computers first appeared nearly seventy-five years ago, primitive computer models were used to help understand and plan cities, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • City Information Modelling

    Edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Michael Batty, Zaheer Allam, David S. Jones ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This is the first book focused on City Information Modelling (CIM) that puts together a collection of recent studies related to concepts and trends in CIM, application and digitization processes/methods, and frameworks and practices of CIM. This emerging topic is important to various research and practice under sectors of the built environment, civil engineering, urban planning, urban design, and ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Sustainable Smart City Transitions

    Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms

    Edited by Luca Mora, Mark Deakin, Xiaoling Zhang, Michael Batty, Martin de Jong, Paolo Santi, Francesco Paolo Appio ...
    This book enhances the reader’s understanding of the theoretical foundations, sociotechnical assemblage, and governance mechanisms of sustainable smart city transitions.Drawing on empirical evidence stemming from existing smart city research, the book begins by advancing a theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which forms bridges between smart city development studies and some of the key ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Mathematics of Urban Morphology

    Edited by Luca D'Acci ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This edited volume provides an essential resource for urban morphology, the study of urban forms and structures, offering a much-needed mathematical perspective. Experts on a variety of mathematical modeling techniques provide new insights into specific aspects of the field, such as street networks, sustainability, and urban growth. The chapters collected here make a clear case for the importance ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems

    Edited by Alison J. Heppenstall, Andrew T. Crooks, Linda M. See, Michael Batty ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This unique book brings together a comprehensive set of papers on the background, theory, technical issues and applications of agent-based modelling (ABM) within geographical systems. This collection of papers is an invaluable reference point for the experienced agent-based modeller as well those new to the area. Specific geographical issues such as handling scale and space are dealt with as well ... Read more

    $332.09 USD

  • Urban Informatics

    Edited by Wenzhong Shi, Michael F. Goodchild, Michael Batty, Mei-Po Kwan, Anshu Zhang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ... Read more

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    Edited by Huadong Guo, Michael F. Goodchild, Alessandro Annoni ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the relevant key technologies, and the role of Digital Earth in helping people respond to global challenges, this publication reveals how and why Digital Earth is becoming vital for acquiring, processing, analysing ... Read more

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  • Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Education, Information Management and Service Science (EIMSS 2022)

    Edited by Zehui Zhan, Ding Zhou, Honglin Wu ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This is an open access book. 2022 2nd International Conference on Education, Information Management and Service Science (EIMSS 2022）was held on July 22–24, 2022 in Changsha, China. EIMSS 2022 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Education, Information Management and Service Science to a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote ... Read more

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  • Participatory Sensing, Opinions and Collective Awareness

    Edited by Vittorio Loreto, Muki Haklay, Andreas Hotho, Vito D.P. Servedio, Gerd Stumme, Jan Theunis, Francesca Tria ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book introduces and reviews recent advances in the field in a comprehensive and non-technical way by focusing on the potential of emerging citizen-science and social-computation frameworks, coupled with the latest theoretical and modeling tools developed by physicists, mathematicians, computer and social scientists to analyse, interpret and visualize complex data sets.There is overwhelming ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Advances in Artificial Systems for Logistics Engineering III

    Edited by Zhengbing Hu, Qingying Zhang, Matthew He ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book comprises high-quality refereed research papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Logistics Engineering (ICAILE2023), held in Wuhan, China, on March 11–12, 2023, organized jointly by Wuhan University of Technology, Nanning University, the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Huazhong University of ... Read more

    $215.99 USD