Spatial Evolutionary Modeling
Published on 16. August 2001
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-19-513568-8 (ISBN)
Description
Evolutionary models (e.g genetic algorithms, artificial life) are emerging as an important new tool for geographic information systems for a number of reasons. First, they are highly appropriate for modelling geographic phenomena; second, geographical problems are often spatially separate (broken down into logical or regional problems), and evolutionary algorithms can exploit this structure; and finally, the ability to store, mainipulate, and visualize spatial data has increased to the point that space-time attribute databases can be easily handled. This book is proposed to serve as a guide to the evolutionary modelling of spatial phenomena.
Reviews / Votes
Clearly written and cutting edge, this book will appeal not only to GIS practitioners and researchers, but also to other professionals confronted by spatial problems. It may also serve as a primary textbook for college-level courses in GIS, advanced spatial modeling method and information engineering, or as a supplementary textbook for computer science courses.Clearly written and cutting edge, this book will appeal not only to GIS practitioners and researchers, but also to other professionals confronted by spatial problems. It may also serve as a primary textbook for college-level courses in GIS, advanced spatial modeling method and information engineering, or as a supplementary textbook for computer science courses.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous tables and figures.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-513568-8 (9780195135688)
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Roman M. Krzanowski | Jonathan Raper
Spatial Evolutionary Modeling
E-Book
08/2001
OUP USA
€173.99
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Persons
Content
Michael F. Goodchild: Foreword
Contributors
Part I. Evolutionary Algorithms: An Introduction
1: Concepts of Evolutionary Modeling and Evolutionary Algorithms
Part II. Spatial Evolutionary Modeling: Algorithms and Models
2: Modeling Spatial Phenomena
Part III. Spatial Evolutionary Algorithms: Applications
3: Catherine Dibble: Beyond Data: Handling Spatial and Analytical Contexts with Genetics-Based Machine Learning
4: Christopher Brooks: A Genetic Algorithm to Design Optimal Patch Configurations Using Raster Data Structures
5: Steven Van Dijk, Dirk Thierens, and Mark De Berg: Designing Genetic Algorithms to Solve GIS Problems
6: Angela Guimaraes Pereira: Evolutionary Modeling of Routes: The Case of Road Design
7: Daniel Delahaye: Airspace Sectoring by Evolutionary Computation
Index
Contributors
Part I. Evolutionary Algorithms: An Introduction
1: Concepts of Evolutionary Modeling and Evolutionary Algorithms
Part II. Spatial Evolutionary Modeling: Algorithms and Models
2: Modeling Spatial Phenomena
Part III. Spatial Evolutionary Algorithms: Applications
3: Catherine Dibble: Beyond Data: Handling Spatial and Analytical Contexts with Genetics-Based Machine Learning
4: Christopher Brooks: A Genetic Algorithm to Design Optimal Patch Configurations Using Raster Data Structures
5: Steven Van Dijk, Dirk Thierens, and Mark De Berg: Designing Genetic Algorithms to Solve GIS Problems
6: Angela Guimaraes Pereira: Evolutionary Modeling of Routes: The Case of Road Design
7: Daniel Delahaye: Airspace Sectoring by Evolutionary Computation
Index