| id |
DDSS2006-PB-153 |
| authors |
Linda Ma, Theo Arentze, Aloys Borgers, and Harry Timmermans |
| year |
2006 |
| title |
A Multi-Agent Model for Generating Local Land-Use Plans in the Context of an Urban Planning Support System |
| source |
Van Leeuwen, J.P. and H.J.P. Timmermans (eds.) 2006, Progress in Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, Eindhoven: Eindhoven University of Technology, ISBN-10: 90-386-1756-9, ISBN-13: 978-90-386-1756-5, p. 153-168 |
| summary |
In a multi-player urban planning process, the outcome of any individual decision of the actors is uncertain until a state where the plan is satisfactory for all. To support the plan generation phase, this paper develops a generic multi-agent system, in which agents represent particular land-uses. In the system, agents higher in the hierarchy have priority over agents lower in the hierarchy to claim units of land. This one-direction claim process may result in a plan that is not optimal for every agent. The system, therefore, allows agents to revise their plans in an iterative procedure. A case study illustrates centralized, semi-centralized and decentralized solutions for a plan area based on the outcomes of different strategies used by facility agents (retail, green, schools) and a housing agent. The results show that the proposed system is able to generate rational and realistic plan alternatives for new residential areas. |
| keywords |
Multi-agent system, Planning support system, Plan alternative, Land use planning |
| series |
DDSS |
| full text |
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Arentze, T.A., Borgers, A.W.J. and H.J.P. Timmermans ()
 A Heuristic Method for Land-Use Plan Generation in Planning Support Systems
, J.P. van Leeuwen and H.J.P. Timmermans (eds.) Progress in Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, p. 119-134
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