Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut

Stefano Picascia; Neil Yorke-Smith

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51957-9_1

Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut

Stefano Picascia
, Neil Yorke-Smith

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Advances in agent-based modelling have led to theoretically-grounded spatial agent models of urban dynamics, capturing the dynamics of population, property prices, and regeneration. We leverage our extant agent-based model founded on the rent-gap theory, as a lens to study the effect of sizeable refugee migration in an abstracted model of a densely-populated Mediterranean city. Our exploratory work provides the foundation for calibration with real data, and offers a step towards a tool for policy makers asking what-if questions about the urban environment in the context of migration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS 2016)
Subtitle of host publication	First International Workshop Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers
Editors	Mohammad Reza Namazi-Rad, Lin Padgham, Pascal Perez, Kai Nagel, Ana Bazzan
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	3-20
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-51957-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-51956-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51957-9_1
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	10051

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Picascia, S., & Yorke-Smith, N. (2017). Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut. In M. R. Namazi-Rad, L. Padgham, P. Perez, K. Nagel, & A. Bazzan (Eds.), Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS 2016): First International Workshop Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers (pp. 3-20). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10051). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51957-9_1

Picascia, Stefano ; Yorke-Smith, Neil. / Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut. Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS 2016): First International Workshop Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers. editor / Mohammad Reza Namazi-Rad ; Lin Padgham ; Pascal Perez ; Kai Nagel ; Ana Bazzan. Cham : Springer, 2017. pp. 3-20 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Picascia, S & Yorke-Smith, N 2017, Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut. in MR Namazi-Rad, L Padgham, P Perez, K Nagel & A Bazzan (eds), Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS 2016): First International Workshop Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10051, Springer, Cham, pp. 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51957-9_1

Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut. / Picascia, Stefano; Yorke-Smith, Neil.
Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS 2016): First International Workshop Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers. ed. / Mohammad Reza Namazi-Rad; Lin Padgham; Pascal Perez; Kai Nagel; Ana Bazzan. Cham: Springer, 2017. p. 3-20 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10051).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Picascia S, Yorke-Smith N. Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Housing in Urban Beirut. In Namazi-Rad MR, Padgham L, Perez P, Nagel K, Bazzan A, editors, Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS 2016): First International Workshop Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers. Cham: Springer. 2017. p. 3-20. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51957-9_1

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