Spatially-Explicit Simulation of Urban Growth through Self-Adaptive Genetic Algorithm and Cellular Automata Modelling

This paper presents a method to optimise the calibration of parameters and land use transition rules of a cellular automata (CA) urban growth model using a self-adaptive genetic algorithm (SAGA). Optimal calibration is achieved through an algorithm that minimises the difference between the simulated...

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Main Authors: Yan Liu, Yongjiu Feng, Robert Gilmore Pontius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Land
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/3/3/719