On Tuesday April 24th 2012, the ERC programs MECHANICITY and GEODIVERCITY met at a pre-AGILE workshop in Avignon.
First part: joint session with Workshop “Complexity modelling for urban structure and dynamics” organised by Bin Jiang and Itzhak Benenson
Mike Batty and Robin Morphet, « Spatial complexity »
Denise Pumain, « Organizing a variety of agent-based models for solving theoretical problems »
Itzhak Benenson, « Equations or geosimulation? To understand the phenomenon you need both! »
Bin Jiang, « Head/tail breaks: A new classification scheme for data with a heavy-tailed distribution »
Second part: MECHANICITY and GEODIVERCITY
Urban Growth, Chair: Denise Pumain
Elsa Arcaute (MECHANICITY), « Looking for scaling in UK Cities »
Clémentine Cottineau (GEODIVERCITY), « A tool for assessing the specificity of the evolutionary path of Russian cities »
Urban Boundaries, Chair: Mike Batty
Erez Hatna (MECHANICITY), « Redefining urban boundaries towards scaling »
Elfie Swerts (GEODIVERCITY), « A multi-level analysis of urban growth in the Indian urban system »
Simulating cities, Chair: Arnaud Banos
Mathieu Leclaire and Romain Reuillon (GEODIVERCITY), « Openmole, a generic platform for model experimentation using distributed computing »
Clara Schmitt and Sebastien Rey-Coyrehourcq (GEODIVERCITY), « Simpoplocal, a simulation model for early urban settlements : automated calibration with genetic algorithm »
Erez Hatna (MECHANICITY), « The Schelling model of Segregation: the effect of agents with distributed tolerance thresholds »
Thomas Louail (GEODIVERCITY), « SimpopNano, a model for exploring the effect of networks on urban dynamics »
Conclusion of the day, discussion and perspectives of collaboration