Lecture Notes (These will be updated from the 2007 to 2008 versions as the semester
progresses, likely right before class.)
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Scale and dynamics and Conditional Probability Handout and guest lecture by Darla Muroe and Grey Evenson, The Ohio State University
Week 3: Scale and dynamics cont.; Drivers of LUCC
Week
4: Evaluating model performace
Week 5: CA models, week 1Guest lecture, TBA
Week 6: CA models, week 2
Week 7: Statistical modeling in developing counties
Week 8: Dr. Parker out of town; guest lecture TBA
Week 9: Statistical
models in urban contexts. Bucholtz presentation: Intro
to Spatial Econometrics
Week 10: Optimization models:
Linear Programming Examples 1
and 2
Week 11: Agent-based
modeling overview
Week 12: Integrated models
Week 13: Term paper presentations
Week 14: Thanksgiving break
Week 15: Term paper presentations
Short writing assignment due Sept. 3
Short writing assignment due Sept. 10
Short writing assignment due Sept. 24 (REVISED)
Short writing assignment
questions, weeks 5-12
Questions to Answer when Building a Land-Use Model
Literature Search Resources at GMU (scholar.google.com is also useful)
Geobase
Econlit
Web of Science
Course Bibliography (Both
required and supplementary readings)
Rich text format
Endnote Library
Spatial
Agent-based modeling bibliography
Related Courses and Resources
Software and Tools (See article selection spreadsheet for more)
Von Thunen
model, created by the Center for Educational Software at the Open University
GRASP:
Generalized Regression Analysis and Spatial Prediction
GeoDa, Geodata Analysis
software beta version
Cellab
cellular automaton software by Rudy Rucker
Netlogo (Cellular automaton
and simple agent-based models)
Excel spreadsheet for comparison
of categorical maps, by R. G.
Pontius Jr., Clark University
Linear Programming FAQs
RIKS Map Comparison Kit
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