On the consistency of urban cellular automata models based on hexagonal and square cells
On the consistency of urban cellular automata models based on hexagonal and square cells
Cellular automata have found extensive applications in the modelling of urban systems. Calculations in cellular automata models are based on cell centroids and therefore cellular automata models are sensitive to the choices of cell size and shape. While the effect of cell size for urban simulation has been studied, discussions on the effect of cell shape on urban cellular automata models have been limited. Applications in other fields suggest there are advantages of using hexagonal cells over square cells, yet most urban cellular automata models use square cells. Using connectivity indices from graph theory, experiments in this study compared models based on hexagonal and square cells to examine the potential advantage of hexagonal cells in urban cellular automata models. This paper finds that simulation results from the model with hexagonal cells are more consistent and concludes that hexagonal cells would increase the robustness of model simulation.
Cellular automata, graph theory, hexagonal cells, urban simulation
845-860
Nugraha, Aditya Tafta
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Waterson, Ben
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Blainey, Simon
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Nash, Frederick
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1 May 2021
Nugraha, Aditya Tafta
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Waterson, Ben
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Blainey, Simon
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Nash, Frederick
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Nugraha, Aditya Tafta, Waterson, Ben, Blainey, Simon and Nash, Frederick
(2021)
On the consistency of urban cellular automata models based on hexagonal and square cells.
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48 (4), .
(doi:10.1177/2399808319898501).
Abstract
Cellular automata have found extensive applications in the modelling of urban systems. Calculations in cellular automata models are based on cell centroids and therefore cellular automata models are sensitive to the choices of cell size and shape. While the effect of cell size for urban simulation has been studied, discussions on the effect of cell shape on urban cellular automata models have been limited. Applications in other fields suggest there are advantages of using hexagonal cells over square cells, yet most urban cellular automata models use square cells. Using connectivity indices from graph theory, experiments in this study compared models based on hexagonal and square cells to examine the potential advantage of hexagonal cells in urban cellular automata models. This paper finds that simulation results from the model with hexagonal cells are more consistent and concludes that hexagonal cells would increase the robustness of model simulation.
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On The Consistency of Urban Cellular Automata Models - Environment and Planning B
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 December 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 January 2020
Published date: 1 May 2021
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Indonesia?s Ministry of Finance through The Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan ? LPDP) Program.
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Cellular automata, graph theory, hexagonal cells, urban simulation
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ISSN: 2399-8091
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