A STUDY ON MULTI-AGENT SIMULATION MODEL FOR TRANSIENT DYNAMICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION IN AN URBAN AREA

Abstract

In order to reproduce both transient dynamics and space distribution of an urban population only derived from a simple self-organism principle, a multi-agent simulation model is established. A resident agent tries to move to a cell so as to maximize his own utility that is defined by both effects of distance from the urban central and population density. The so-called “doughnut phenomenon” as well as growing Densely Inhabited District (DID) can be emulated qualitatively, even though the model bases on a simple self-organism rule.