Title :
SimUrban: A Novel Prototype to Simulate Urban Development through the Integrated GIS and CA with Hybrid Transition Rules
Author :
Yongjiu, Feng ; Xiaohua, Tong ; Miaolong, Liu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Surveying & Geo-Inf., Tongji Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
A novel prototype, SimUrban, is developed to simulate urban development through the integrated GIS and cellular automata (CA) with hybrid transition rules. This new framework consists of three tiers: data, operation and display for different purposes. Based on Object-Oriented Technology (OOP), we built the SimUrban framework using ArcGIS Engine and VS.Net. The open framework has favorable extensibility and user defined functions, and more applied functions and new transition rules can be integrated with the system. Finally, several key modules are displayed and analyzed in detail in this paper.
Keywords :
cellular automata; geographic information systems; object-oriented methods; ArcGIS Engine; SimUrban framework; VS.Net; cellular automata; geographic information systems; hybrid transition rules; object-oriented technology; urban development simulation; user defined functions; Educational technology; Engines; Environmental factors; Geographic Information Systems; Geoscience and remote sensing; Least squares methods; Object oriented modeling; Principal component analysis; Urban planning; Virtual prototyping; GIS; Geographical Cellular Automata; Modelling Urban Development; SimUrban;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Training, 2008. and 2008 International Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ETT and GRS 2008. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3563-0
DOI :
10.1109/ETTandGRS.2008.159
