Agent-based model or analysis (Space Syntax)

In the field of space syntax: an agent-based model is a simulation of individual movement behaviour in which ‘agents’ choose their direction of movement based on a defined visual field derived from visibility graph analysis, in which agents have access to pre-computed information about what is visible from any given location in the map. The agent-based model allows the programmer to simulate the likely behaviour of people as they navigate through the environment. (See: Agents/Automata)

Cross-References

• Space Syntax Theory;

Recommended Reading

Penn, A. & Turner, A. (2001) Space syntax based agent simulation. In: (Proceedings) 1st International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics. : University of Duisburg, Germany,1-16. pp.7.

Ferguson, Friedrich & Karimi (2007) Origin-Destination Weighting in Agent Modelling for Pedestrian Movement Forecasting in (Proceedings) 8th International Space Syntax Symposium: Santiago de Chile.