Urban geosimulations with the Logic Scoring of Preference method for agent-based decision-making
Authored by Suzana Dragicevic, Kristofer Hatch
Date Published: 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.09.006
Sponsors:
National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Platforms:
Repast
ESRI ArcGIS software
Idrisi Selva GIS software
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Abstract
The Logic Scoring of Preference (LSP) method is a generalized
multicriteria evaluation (MCE) decision making approach with origins in
soft computing. The method can model a wide range of aggregators to suit
various evaluation objectives that are close to human reasoning. The LSP
method can aggregate an unlimited number of inputs without loss of
significance. The main objective of this study is to develop and
implement an integrated approach using the LSP method to represent the
decision-making process of actors influencing urban residential
development represented within an agent-based model (ABM). Geospatial
data for the Clayton-Cloverdale neighborhood of the City of Surrey,
Canada, was used to incorporate the LSP agent-based model to simulate
land-use change at the cadastral level. The geo-simulations incorporated
the decision-making process and interactions of agents as residents,
developers, and city planners known as the main stakeholders with
separate and sometimes conflicting priorities. The simulation results
indicate a higher number of residents tend to choose mid-rise to
high-rise buildings over single residential dwellings for a longer
period of the time. This can be attributed to the lack affordability and
developable land for housing in the future. The LSP method captured
different agent decision-making reasoning that is closer to actual human
logic which has resulted in the modeling outcomes of urban residential
land-use to be in accordance to long term city plans. (C) 2017 Elsevier
Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Agent-based model
Simulation
models
Dynamics
Land-use
Mechanism
systems
multicriteria evaluation
Odd protocol
Logic scoring of preference (lsp) method
Human
decision-making process
Geosimulations
Urban land use change
Soft
computing
Suitability maps
Lsp
method