Urban Modeling and Simulation

Dear Colleagues,

Extraordinary increases in computational ability and data availability in the last two decades have led to revolutionary advances in the simulation and modelling of complex systems. Techniques, such as agent-based modelling and systems dynamic modelling, have taken advantage of these advances to make major contributions to scientific diverse areas such as personalized medicine, computational chemistry, social dynamics, or behavioral economics. Perhaps the epitome of complex systems is the city, with its dynamic web of interacting human, institutional, environmental, and physical systems, each of which is itself a complex and constantly evolving system. This Special Issue aims to highlight cases where advances in simulation and modelling have been brought to bear on theoretical questions of urban systems and how those cases have advanced urban science. In particular, this Special Issue welcomes papers describing, among others, systems dynamic models, agent-based models, or purely mathematical models of urban systems, pertaining to the following themes:

• Sustainability

• Economic models

• Data-driven decision models of urban systems

• Urban resilience

• Social dynamics in cities

• Traffic flow models

• Migration and/or social stratification

• Inequality of wages, income, or resource access

• Resource distribution and flows

• Urban networks, either between and within cities

Dr. Shade T. Shutters
Guest Editor

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