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• Breaking the limits of mathematical constraints
• a businessman's assessment
• inventory planning
• logistics planning
• service and production planning
• forecasting the optimal product mix
• new product test marketing
• personnel recruitment planning
• assessing an unknown market
• establishing an economic benefit
• financial strategic planning
• investment planning
• portfolio management planning.
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Here is a comprehensive guide to the incorporation of computer simulation in all levels of the planning function of an organization. Writing for managers of planning, planners, and programmers, the author enables readers to gain an overall understanding of the potential role of simulation in planning, to apply simulation to their own particular needs, and to translate planning concepts into computer instructions. Nersesian demonstrates that for manager, planner, and programmer alike, simulation is not difficult in concept nor complicated to put into practice. The author argues that simulation is a necessary activity in a planning environment characterized by uncertain futures and rapidly changing conditions. The book is organized into separate chapters, each of which acts as a case study of an aspect in the use of simulation. The synopsis that begins every chapter provides the manager of a planning operation with an appreciation of the general application of simulation to one facet of planning. The chapters themselves focus on particular situations which might befall a planner within the general application of simulation to the planning process. Special appendices--designed to aid programmers who have not had much previous experience in setting up simulation programs--follow each chapter and provide descriptive material and the applicable simulation program. As a comprehensive yet easily understood guide to the benefits of utilizing simulation in the planning process, this book will be an invaluable resource for planners, corporate executives, and programmers.
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The book presents the research by the Action Space! Studio on the Evolutionary City. An ambitious project meant to create a new tool not only for urban planners, but also for people involved inside project management business and people outside that practice. A kind of simulator-educational tool. The journey of discovery began by understanding evolution starting with Darwin, his phenotypes, the realms of biology, sociology, and economics. Pumped by evolution's magic the studio quickly plunged into game theory. These two lines of research synthesized into a set of games modeled on diverse aspects of the city - from the tasks a building developer faces when dealing with land value to the more intangible aspects of a city (i.e. the driving forces of desires in social groups).
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• An Analysis of the Housing Market Dynamics in the Italian Municipalities.- Impact Management as a Driver of Value Creation in Payment by Results Schemes for Urban Regeneration Projects.- Creativity, Responsibility and the Social Project Finance in the Revitalization of Abandoned Territories.- An Evaluation Tool of Public-Private Conveniences in the Definition of Urban Planning Variants.- Sustainability in Urban Regeneration: real or Propaganda?.- How to Evaluate Public Spaces as High-value Impact Opportunities for the Last Generation Adaptive Cities.- Circularity Above Linearity: Toward a Circular Mining Approach of the Planning For Mining Activities.- Environmental Impact of Transportation Infra-structures: Integrated Methodologies for Preliminary Assessment. A Case-study.- Investigating "Sustainable Neighborhoods" in the Italian Context: A Diachronic Approach.- The Value of the House-City System as an Emerging Identity Towards Circular Architecture.- The Economic Evaluation of Urban Ecosystem Services into Policy-Making Processes.- Towards a SDGs based Neighborhood Sustainability Evaluation Framework: A Tool For Assessing Sustainability at the Urban Micro-Scale.- A Case of Local Community Engagement for Urban Regeneration: The South Boston Area.
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This book examines the role of the evaluation models in decision-making processes for the construction of circular cities in the digital revolution. In particular, the book explores the need for a rethinking of development models proposed by the circular economy which requires the valorization of natural, social and economic capital. Urban environment represents a crucial field of analysis in which applying the circular-economy principles in order to steer a course towards a sustainable economy characterized by processes meant to create value instead of extracting it, which put a step forward in the pathway towards a better future in terms of economic, environmental and social effects and desirable outcomes. In this context, the design of urban regeneration processes and housing environments requires the adoption of inclusive analysis/assessment models combined with the structuring and organization of public/private investments that can contribute to creating positive natural and social impacts as well as economic and financial returns. This fundamental paradigm shift is accentuated in the current context, in which the digital revolution is reinventing the future and calls for a rethinking and reformulation of value systems in the era of technological process innovations, while respecting economic, natural and social ecosystems.
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• Prelude. Digital Modelling for Urban Design. Flattening Urban Design. Modelling Discourse. Development of the Book. Organisation of the book. Archaeology and War. Genealogy and trade. Schizoanalysis and Desire. Possible Urban Futures. Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Spectacularisation of Urban Design. Ground Zero. Preliminary Design concepts. Innovative Design Study. The Design Exhibition Spectacle. Transit Hub, Memorial Design and Freedom tower. Other Representations. Beyond the Spectacle.
• Chapter 1. Archaeology. 1985-1995: Transparent Cities. 1995-2005: An Archaeology of Globalisation. From Transparent Cities to Archaeological Modelling. 1893-1901: Forma Urban Romae. 1915-1928: The Iconography of Manhattan Island. Manhattan Island. 1890-1932: The Geo-body of Bangkok. Assembling New Urban Design Models. Collateral Space. Correlative Space. complementary Space. Multiplicities and Seriality.
• Chapter 2. War. 1801-1893: The Emergence of Scientific Archaeology. 50BC - AD 203: Modelling the Spoils of War. Urban Design as Triumphal Model. 300-1300: The Recycling City Model. Churches: The New Urban Artefacts. 1300-1944: Urban Design as representation and Destruction. The Dispersed City Model. Destructions and Dispersals.
• Chapter 3. Genealogy. Descent and Emergence. Three Urban Design Genealogies. Rome: A Genealogy of the Master Plan. New York: A Genealo9gy of the central business District. The Urban designer as Organisation man. Bangkok: A Genealogy of Lifestyle Centres. Bangkok's CSD. The Dispersal of Power.
• Chapter 4. Trade. Timing. Gaming. Texting. Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling. Collaborating. Interfacing. Diagramming. Back to Ground Zero. Urban Design as the Production of Difference.
• Chapter 5. Schizoanalysis. 1745-1778: A Schizoanalysis of War. 1978-2008: A Schi8zoanalysis of Trade. 2000-2005: A Schizoanalysis of desire. Spectacular Feedback. Chapter 6.Desire. Simultopia. Pathumwan Intersection. Siam central Interchange Station. Ratchaprasong Intersection. Chitlom Station. Complementary Space. Virtual Itineraries. Attentive Circuits. Conclusion. Modelling Urban Design Futures in India and China. Liberalisation. Gentle Arrivals: Fatehpur Sikri and West Lake. World Financial Capitals: Mumbai and Shanghai. Governance: Delhi and Beijing. Migration and Resettlement. Short-and Long-Term Plans. Happiness, Harmony and Sufficiency. Glossary. Index. Photographic Credits.
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While there is a rich array of urban theory, design, and representation books available, there is currently no book which brings together, in a single volume, urban design theory and new digital technologies in urban information mapping, modeling, and 3D simulation. Based on two decades of practicing and teaching architecture, author Brian McGrath's Digital Modelling for Urban Design explores the new theories and technologies of digital modelling, focusing on how to create moving and interactive 3D drawing, skills useful in the context of urban theory, and design and representation. Fully illustrated with original maps, 3D models, and drawings and photographs, this innovative work introduces digital modelling to students, architects, designers, and planners interested in the processes key to shaping the urban environment.
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Computer simulation game that enables the user to design, manage, and maintain a city. The user can fight crime, unemployment and pollution; control budgets, transit and population; create industry, shopping centers, parks, stadiums, and seaports and airports. The user can either build a city or take over Tokyo, San Francisco, Bern, Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, Detroit, or Boston.

"Gazillionaire is a cross between Monopoly set in outer space and Wall Street in wonderland. It's a wild, intergalactic game of business strategy."--Publisher's Web page for game.

• General Aspects of Complex Artificial Environments.- Specific Experiences.- Urban Simulation Models.- Cognition and VR.- Planning.
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This book explores the possibilities of applying the theories of complexity and self-organization developed to account for various phenomena in the natural science to artifacts traditionally the realm of humanities and social sciences. The emphasis of this volume is on the development of cities and the impact of these methods on urban simulation methods.
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A new tool for analyzing urban land cover that integrates design practices and ecological knowledge for understanding cities as complex, patchy and dynamic systems This atlas is a unique conceptual tool to describe and analyze cities as complex systems, using a new, hybrid approach to urban land cover classification. As an impetus to bring ecologists and urban designers together, it builds on over a decade of shared knowledge from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study to inspire ecologically motivated design practice. Rather than separating human-constructed environments from predominantly biological and geological ones, this book integrates built and ecological structures and shows how this integration can contribute to the scholarship of ecology and the practice of design. The atlas displays maps and tables depicting these hybrid land cover classes and the relationships between them; information on how the specific patch arrangements evolved over time; and speculations on how cover might change through design, disturbance, or succession. Interdisciplinary and strikingly illustrated, the atlas is a new way to study, measure, and view cities with a more effective interaction of scientific understanding and design practice.
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• Introduction Neil Sang
• 1. Landscape modelling and stakeholder engagement: participatory approaches and landscape visualisation David Miller, Asa Ode Sang, Iain Brown, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Chen Wang and Gillian Donaldson-Selby
• 2. Agent-based models of coupled social and natural systems Jiaqi Ge and Gary Polhill
• 3. Modelling nature-based solutions from soil ecosystem services Matthew Aitkenhead
• 4. Modelling water resources for nature-based solutions Sarah Dunn
• 5. Models at the service of marine nature-based solutions Ioanna Akoumianaki and Arthur Capet
• 6. Coastal and freshwater flood models: a review in the context of NBS Neil Sang
• 7. Nature-based solutions to urban microclimate regulation Johanna Deak Sjoeman and Erik Johansson
• 8. Data mining, machine learning and spatial data infrastructures for scenario modelling Neil Sang and Matthew Aitkenhead
• 9. Can geodesign be used to facilitate boundary management for planning and implementation of nature-based solutions? Sarah Gottwald, Ron Janssen and Christopher Raymond
• 10. Integrating models into practice-recommendations Neil Sang, Ionna Akoumianaki, Matthew Aitkenhead, David Miller and Asa Ode-Sang
• Index.
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential to ensure a sustainable society and healthy ecosystem over the coming decades. However, the systems to be managed are both broad and complex, requiring an integrated understanding of both bio-physical systems, such as soils and water, and economic and social systems, such as urban development and human behaviour. This edited book joins these domains of knowledge together from an applied perspective and considers how computer science can help. It takes a strategic look at the benefits and barriers to using modelling within environmental management and planning practice. It delves further by providing an in-depth comparative review of a wide range of models from a variety of scientific disciplines of interest with examples of their use for NBS. As such, this illustrated guide is designed to help students, researchers and practitioners navigate the huge range of modelling options available and develop the common understanding to work inter-disciplinarily.
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• The context
• Benefits, principles, and lessons learned
• Public involvement techniques in planning
• Visual simulation tools
• Implementation
• Case studies
• Southwest Santa Fe city/county master planning initiative
• Houston's Near Northside economic revitalization plan
• Kona community development plan
• Baltimore's vision 2030 : shaping the region's future together.

• The State-of-the-Art in Building Residential Location Models.- Stated Preference Examination of Factors Influencing Residential Attraction.- DRAM Residential Location and Land Use Model: 40 Years of Development and Application.- The DELTA Residential Location Model.- The MUSSA II Land Use Auction Equilibrium Model.- The Impact of Transport Policy on Residential Location.- The Influence of Accessibility on Residential Location.- Modeling Residential Location in UrbanSim.- Household Behaviour in the Oregon2 Model.- The Residential Choice Module in the Albatross and Ramblas Model Systems.- A Microsimulation Model of Household Location.- Conclusions.
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The effective planning of residential location choices is one of the great challenges of contemporary societies and requires forecasting capabilities and the consideration of complex interdependencies which can only be handled by complex computer models. This book presents a range of approaches used to model residential locations within the context of developing land-use and transport models. These approaches illustrate the range of choices that modellers have to make in order to represent residential choice behaviour. The models presented in this book represent the state-of-the-art and are valuable both as key building blocks for general urban models, and as representative examples of complexity science.
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Player designs, builds, and manages a city, coping with problems such as crime, pollution and natural disasters.