Complexity And Spatial Networks

2. The "Thermodynamics" of the City: Evolution and Complexity Science in Urban Modelling......Page 8
1. Simplicity in Complex Spatial Systems: Introduction......Page 16
Part A: Complexity, Evolution, and Simplicity in Space......Page 24
3. Macro and Micro Dynamics of the City Size Distribution: The Case of Israel......Page 48
4. A Morphogenetic Perspective on Spatial Complexity: Transport Costs and Urban Shapes......Page 66
5. Algorithmic Complexity and Spatial Simplicity......Page 76
6. Polyplexity: A Complexity Science for the Social and Policy Sciences......Page 90
Part B: Evolutionary Networks in a Socio-Economic Context......Page 104
7. Complexity, Evolution and Learning: Empirical and Experimental Validation of Heterogeneous Expectations......Page 106
8. Homophily, Conformity, and Noise in the (Co-)Evolution of Complex Social Networks......Page 120
9. Complex Evolution and Learning: The Role of Constraints......Page 132
10. Proximity, Social Capital and the Simon Model of Stochastic Growth......Page 148
11. Evolutionary and Preferential Attachment Models of Demand Growth......Page 156
12. Modelling the Economy as an Evolving Space of Flows: Methodological Challenges......Page 166
Part C: Empirical Aspects of Network Complexity in the Space-Economy......Page 180
13. Effects of a Simple Mode Choice Model in a Large-Scale Agent-Based Transport Simulation......Page 182
14. Complex, Adaptive Systems, Through Time and Across Space: Alberta Power Generation......Page 202
15. Measuring and Visualizing Urban Network Dynamics: A GIS and Graph-Theoretic Approach......Page 224
16. Spatial Autocorrelation in Spatial Interaction: Complexity-to-Simplicity in Journey-to-Work Flows......Page 236
17. Complex Networks Analysis of Commuting Advances and a Research Agenda......Page 254
18. Spatial and Commuting Networks: A Unifying Perspective......Page 272
Part D: Epilogue......Page 288
19. From Complexity to Simplicity: Interdisciplinary Synthesis and Future Perspectives......Page 290