Dynamic Social Simulation Models Enabled by e-Research

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Birkin, Mark; Wu, Belinda

Desktop simulation games of urban areas have been phenomenally popular in recent years. The underlying aim of the research reported in this paper is to translate such games into real world policy environments. If planners were equipped with the means (through simulation) to understand social and demographic changes in response to shifts in policy, such a device would have valuable practical applications as both a 'decision support system', and as a pedagogic tool for understanding how cities work.

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