[GRASS5] Re: grass5 digest, Vol 1 #1137 - 9 msgs

[Michael Barton]

Check out Mark  Lake's agent simulation work with GRASS at 
http://<www.ucl.ac.uk/~tcrnmar/>. Look under Simulation/Magical

Michael Barton
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Arizona State University
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On May 3, 2004, at 12:22 AM, grass5-request at grass.itc.it wrote:

>
> From: Joel Peter William Pitt <pittj2 at lincoln.ac.nz>
> Date: May 2, 2004 4:24:37 PM MST
> To: grass5 at grass.itc.it
> Subject: [GRASS5] CA model of invasive insect spread
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm starting a PhD modelling the spread of invasive organisms based
> on GIS data. I'm currently trying to decide how exactly to go about it.
> So far I've decided cellular automata will be my simulation model, but
> I've yet to decide on the GIS interface.
>
> I have several options, since I also have some funding backing me:
>
> 1. ArcGIS accessed through their ArcObjects API. I already have
> access to ArcGIS within the university campus. Windows only.
>
> 2. Matlab spatial data analysis toolkit and imaging toolkit. These are
> both expensive, but have good support and I already have a Matlab
> license. Also this is both Linux and Windows.
>
> 3. PCRaster looked like it could be used.
>
> 4. And last but certauinly not least, GRASS! I have only just come
> across it, and looks to be pretty good.
>
> I was just wondering if any body could give me suggestions, or their
> opinions on the other packages in comparison to GRASS. I've
> searched the mail archives to discover that r.ros (wildfire spread) is
> meant to be CA based, but have yet to look at it. Also has anyone
> thought of implementing GeoAlgebra for GRASS? It is an extension of
> MapAlgebra and is extremely useful for CA operations. I might be able
> to contribute to GRASS by implementing it if I end up using GRASS as
> a platform.
>
> Cheers,
> Joel
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