A brief approach through a CA-based model is perfect for modelling of different urban phenomena at different observation scales. SLEUTH model, situated in Project Gigalopolis, is a powerful tool for description of urban agglomeration and spatial dynamics. In this paper, new applications of this model, other methodological analyses, and sensitivity studies allow us to improve our comprehension o...

The SLEUTH urban growth model [1] is a cellular automata model that has been widely applied throughout the geographic literature to examine the historic settlement patterns of cities and to forecast their future growth. In this research, the ability of the model to replicate historical patterns of land use is examined by calibrating the model to fit historical data with 5, 10, and 15 different ...

We explore the simulation of urban growth using complex systems theory and cellular automata (CA). The SLEUTH urban CA model was applied to two different metropolitan areas in Portugal, with the purposes of allowing a comparative analysis, of using the past to understand the dynamics of the regions under study, and of learning how to adapt the model to local characteristics in the simulation of...

These proceedings outline steps toward a systematic analysis of frontier energy collider data: specifically, those data collected at Tevatron Runs I and II, LEP Run II, HERA Runs I and II, and the future LHC. Algorithms designed to understand the gross features of the data (Vista), to systematically and model-independently search for new physics at the electroweak scale (Sleuth), to automate te...

Forensische Analysen mit freien OpenSource Programmen sind seit Dan Farmers und Wietse Venemas ersten und einzigen Forensik-Kurs und der darauf folgenden Veröffentlichung des Coroner’s Toolkits [1] im Jahr 1999 kein unbekannter Faktor mehr. Allerdings mussten sich die OpenSource-Lösung von jeher den Vorwurf gefallen lassen, im Gegensatz zu ihrer kommerziellen Konkurrenz umständlich bedienbar un...

The objective of this paper is to describe the process through which climate change scenarios were downscaled in an urban land use model and the results of this experimentation. The land use models (Urban Growth Model [UGM] and the Land Cover Deltatron Model [LCDM]) utilized in the project are part of the SLEUTH program which uses a probabilistic cellular automata protocol. The land use change ...