Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor of Urban planning, Malek-Ashtar University of Technolog

Abstract

Simulation is the most appropriate urban design and planning environment and presents a unique field of study in urban models in urban development projects. The use of mathematics and quantitative and qualitative models has always been a concern for urban planners. Modeling phenomena and urban dynamic elements is usually confronted with technological constraints and difficulties.
Each of the graphical models (structural and vector-based models) has some shortcomings in the simulation of dynamic urban phenomena.
This paper intends to examine the limitations of cell-axis models in a simulation system and provide a new model for integrating vector-based spatial model with the cellular system.

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