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Dr. Paul M. Torrens, Department of Geography, University of Maryland, torrens at geosimulation dot com

Quick links >> Computer graphics and animation > Data-mining and knowledge discovery > Behavioral geography > Urban simulation > Spatial simulation methods > Spatial analysis > Grants /support

Computer graphics and animation >>
 Dynamic physics for built infrastructure
moving agents through space and time Moving agents through space and time
 Immersive behavioral geography
 3D/4D urban models and animation
 
Data-mining and knowledge discovery >>
 Machine-learning behavioral geography
 
Behavioral geography >>
modeling riots Modeling riots
 Modeling and animating pedestrian and crowd behavior
 GIS for capturing time, space, and behavior
 Measuring place location knowledge and determining its drivers
 
Urban simulation >>
 Simulating sprawl
 Geographic automata models of residential relocation behavior
 Geographic automata models of gentrification and property dynamics
 Modeling megacity futures
 
Spatial simulation methods >>
 Geosimulation
 Geographic Automata Systems
 Accelerating agent-based models
 Validating agent-based models
 
Spatial analysis >>
 A toolkit for urban analytics and measuring sprawl
 Wi-Fi analysis and mapping
 Conceptualizing sprawl characteristics
 
This research has been funded in whole or part by >>
0 Torrens, P.M; Ghanem, Roger; Kevrekidis, Yannis (2010-2012). "Accelerating innovation in agent-based simulations: Application to complex socio-behavioral phenomena". National Science Foundation (Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems)
0 Torrens, P.M. (2007-2012) “CAREER: Exploring the dynamics of individual pedestrian and crowd behavior in dense urban settings: a computational approach”. National Science Foundation (Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER); Geography & Regional Science/ Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics)
0 Griffin, W.; Torrens, P.M.; Fewell, J. (2006-2011) “Modeling time, space, and behavior: Combining ABM & GIS to create typologies of playgroup dynamics in preschool children”. National Science Foundation (Human and Social Dynamics)
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Crittenden, J.; Torrens, P.M.; Sawhney, A.; Perrings, C.; Guhathakurta, S.; Guston, D.; Chen, Y.; Li, K.; Stanzione, D.; Ariaratnam, S.; Fernando, H.; Liu, H.; Allenby, B.; Konjevod, G.; Lant, T.; Williams, E.; Grimm, N.; Garcia, A.; Golden, J.; Kaloush, K. (2007-2008) “Environmental and economic impacts of material used in future urban development”. Science Foundation Arizona (Competitive Advantage Award)
 Guhathakurta, S.; Bender, D.; Crittenden, J.; Collins, D.; Holston, J.; Kobayashi, Y.; Konjevod, G.; Li, K.; Lant, T.; Morton, T.; Patel, M.; Torrens, P.M. (2006-2010) “Digial Phoenix”. Herberger Foundation
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Torrens, P.M. (2006-2008) “Urban simulation at the micro-level”. Autodesk, Inc.
 

 

Projects >>

Dynamic physics for built infrastructure

moving agents through space and time

Moving agents through space and time

modeling riots

Modeling riots

Validating agent-based models

Machine-learning behavioral geography

Accelerating agent-based models

megacity models

Megacity futures

Immersive modeling

Space-time GIS and analysis

A toolkit for measuring sprawl

space-time GIS

Modeling time, space, and behavior

simulating crowd behavior

Simulating crowd behavior