Synopses & Reviews
The International Conference on Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning is organised bi-annually by the Eindhoven University of Technology. This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the eighth conference that was held at the Kapellerput Conference Centre in the village of Heeze, near Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from 4 to 7 July, 2006. Traditionally, the DDSS conferences aim to be a platform for both starting and experienced researchers who focus on the development and application of computer support in the areas of urban planning and architectural design. This results in an interesting mix of well-established research projects and first explorations. It also leads to a very valuable cross-over of theories, methods, and technologies for support systems in the two different areas, architecture and urban planning. This volume contains 31 peer reviewed papers from this year's conference that are organised into seven sections: • Land Use Simulation and Visualisation • Multi-Agent Models for Movement Simulation • Multi-Agent Models for Urban Development • Managing and Deploying Design Knowledge • Urban Decision-Making • Design Interactivity and Design Automation • Virtual Environments and Augmented Reality. This book will bring researchers together and is a valuable resource for their continuous joint effort to improve the design and planning of our environment.
Synopsis
Traditionally, the DDSS conferences aim to be a platform for both starting and experienced researchers who focus on the development and application of computer support in urban planning and architectural design. This volume contains 31 peer reviewed papers from this year's conference. This book will bring researchers together and is a valuable resource for their continuous joint effort to improve the design and planning of our environment.
Table of Contents
Preface. International Scientific Committee. Introduction. Land Use Simulation and Visualisation. Can Decision Making Processes Benefit from a User Friendly Land Use and Transport Interaction Model? Development of a Hierarchical Approach to Assess the Impacts of Transport Policies: The Madrid case study. Development of a Support System for Community-Based Disaster Mitigation Planning Integrated with a Fire Spread Simulation Model Using CA: The results of an experimentation for verification of its usefulness. Transition Rule Elicitation Methods for Urban Cellular Automata Models. A Method for Estimating Land Use Transition Probability Using Raster Data: Considerations about a spatial unit of transition, fixed state of locations, and timevarying probability. Linking Land Use Modelling and 3D Visualisation: A mission impossible? by Multi-Agent Models for Movement Simulation; Crowd Modeling and Simulation: The role of multi-agent simulation in design support systems . Exploring Heuristics Underlying Pedestrian Shopping Decision: Processes -- An application of gene expression programming. SCALE : A street case library for environmental design with agent interfaces. Approach to Design Behavioural Models for Traffic Network Users: Choice of transport mode. Shape Morphing of Intersection Layouts Using Curb Side Oriented Driver Simulation. Multi-Agent Models for Urban Development; Gentrification Waves in the Inner-City of Milan :A multi agent I cellular automata model based on Smith's Rent Gap theory . Multi-Agent Model to Multi-Process Transformation :A housing market case study. Research on New Residential Areas Using GIS : A case study. A Comparison Study of the Allocation Problem of Undesirable Facilities Based on Residential Awareness : A case study on waste disposal facility in ChengDu City, Sichuan China. Decision-Making on Olympic Urban Development: A multi-actor decision support tool. Usage of Planning Support Systems: Combining three approaches. Managing and Deploying Design Knowledge; Sieving Pebbles and Growing Profiles: Capitalising on knowledge embodied in design practice. Concept Formation in a Design Optimization Tool. A Framework for Situated Design Optimization. Learning from Main Streets: A machine learning approach identifying neighborhood commercial districts. Culturally Accepted Green Architecture Toolbox: Pre-design helping tool and rating system for new built environment in Egypt. Urban Decision-Making: An Urban Decision Room Based on Mathematical Optimisation : A pilot study supporting complex urban decision questions. Forms of Participation in Urban Redevelopment Projects: The differing roles of public and stakeholder contributions to design decision making processes. The Neighbourhood Wizard: Cause and effect of changes in urban neighbourhoods. Design Interactivity and Design Automation; A Proposal for Morphological Operators to Assist Architectural Design. Generative Design in an Evolutionary Procedure: An approach of genetic programming. Interactive Rule-Based Design : An experimental interface for conceptual design. Automatic Semantic Comparison of STEP Product Models: Application to IFC product models. Design Interactivity and Design Automation; Design Tools for Pervasive Computing in Urban Environments. 1 : 1 Spatially Augmented Reality Design Environment. Author Index.