Positional accuracy and measurement error in digital databases of land use: an empirical study

This paper discusses the issues of positional accuracy and measurement error in the context of a large empirical study of landscape change in England and Wales. The epsilon band model of digitizing accuracy is used to make estimates of the levels of positional uncertainty and measurement error that is due to digitizing polygon outlines. The degree of error expected had the same polygons been captured in raster format is then determined. These results prompt a general discussion of the nature of error in spatial databases.     

基于CA-ABM模型的福州城市用地扩张研究

以中国海西地区重要门户福州市为研究区,结合其地理位置多层次约束性条件,以地理加权回归模型作为元胞自动机(CA)层的转换规则,同时以2000-2015年多期LandsatTM/ETM+影像的城市用地情况为参照,借助GIS空间分析技术,对CA和多智能体(ABM)相耦合的城市用地扩张模型进行改进。然后利用传统的和改进后的CA-ABM模型,多角度、多层次地模拟福州市2000年、2005年、2010年、2015年城市用地扩张在微观格局上的变化。结果表明,传统的和改进后的CA-ABM模型的整体精度均在80%以上,模拟结果具有较强的可信度;改进的 CA-ABM模型模拟的点对点总体精度和Kappa系数均高于传统的CA-ABM模型,而且模拟结果更加接近实际的城市用地扩张分布情况。结论可为平衡城市化进程和合理规划城市用地提供重要的理论技术支撑。     

地理学基础理论研究的方法变革及其发展前景

西方科学赖以发展的两大基础可以归结为源于欧氏几何学的形式逻辑和通过系统实验寻找因果关系。地理学如果不将自身作为一门“例外主义”的学科，无疑也要借助形式逻辑和系统实验发展基础理论体系。遗憾的是，逻辑思想只有借助数学方法才能发挥理论演绎的威力，而传统数学不适宜于地理系统空间结构与功能的描述；另一方面，系统实验必须是可以重复的受控试验，由于地理系统的不可控性，地理研究无法利用常规的实验方法寻找因果关系。地理学的理论研究如今正在经历着方法的变革：一方面，分形等后现代数学理论为地理学提供了有效的定量描述手段；另一方面，细胞自动机等仿生科学理论为地理学提供了模拟实验工具。不仅如此，由于新方法的引入，传统的实证研究方法也重新焕发生机。将数学、实证和计算机模拟三种方法有效结合，地理学的基础理论体系必将建立起来，发展前景将十分广阔。     

利用CA模型进行城市空间增长动力的研究——以武汉市主城空间增长过程分析为例

提出了基于扩散生长的状态型CA模型、基于轴线生长的交通型CA模型和基于优势驱动的环境型CA模型等三种CA模型,设定了包围填充、扩散生长、交通延伸、交通连接、交通吸引、优势生长等6种转换规则。模拟结果表明,武汉市主城整体上呈现出“摊大饼”的发展态势,并且扩散到城市地区,近郊优势增长十分明显,导致了大规模的郊区化,呈现出城乡一体化的发展态势     

Modeling urban expansion by using variable weights logistic cellular automata: a case study of Nanjing,China

Simulation models based on cellular automata (CA) are widely used for understanding and simulating complex urban expansion process. Among these models, logistic CA (LCA) is commonly adopted. However, the performance of LCA models is often limited because the fixed coefficients obtained from binary logistic regression do not reflect the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of transition rules. Therefore, we propose a variable weights LCA (VW-LCA) model with dynamic transition rules. The regression coefficients in this VW-LCA model are based on VW by incorporating a genetic algorithm in a conventional LCA. The VW-LCA model and the conventional LCA model were both used to simulate urban expansion in Nanjing, China. The models were calibrated with data for the period 2000–2007 and validated for the period 2007–2013. The results showed that the VW-LCA model performed better than the LCA model in terms of both visual inspection and key indicators. For example, kappa, accuracy of urban land and figure of merit for the simulation results of 2013 increased by 3.26%, 2.96% and 4.44%, respectively. The VW-LCA model performs relatively better compared with other improved LCA models that are suggested in literature.     

Using a maximum entropy model to optimize the stochastic component of urban cellular automata models

ABSTRACT

The stochastic perturbation of urban cellular automata (CA) model is difficult to fine-tune and does not take the constraint of known factors into account when using a stochastic variable, and the simulation results can be quite different when using the Monte Carlo method, reducing the accuracy of the simulated results. Therefore, in this paper, we optimize the stochastic component of an urban CA model by the use of a maximum entropy model to differentially control the intensity of the stochastic perturbation in the spatial domain. We use the kappa coefficient, figure of merit, and landscape metrics to evaluate the accuracy of the simulated results. Through the experimental results obtained for Wuhan, China, the effectiveness of the optimization is proved. The results show that, after the optimization, the kappa coefficient and figure of merit of the simulated results are significantly improved when using the stochastic variable, slightly improved when using Monte Carlo methods. The landscape metrics for the simulated results and actual data are much closer when using the stochastic variable, and slightly closer when using the Monte Carlo method, but the difference between the simulated results is narrowed, reflecting the fact that the results are more reliable.     

一种基于机器学习的城市发展模拟元胞模型

利用元胞自动机(Cellular Automata,CA)模拟土地利用变化,已经成为认识和理解其复杂动态演化过程的有效手段.传统的元胞自动机基于线性转换规则,较难表达土地利用变化的非线性边界问题.本文研究利用最小二乘支持向量机方法(LS-SVM),将原空间下的非线性可分问题,通过高斯径向基核函数映射到高维特征空间,简化...     

水系元胞自动机的设计与实现

水系元胞自动机模型是应用元胞自动机理论对水系的形成与发展的随机过程进行模拟的模型。本文使用DEM作为基础数据,针对水系元胞自动机模型的建模过程和模型结构,详细阐述了将其抽象为计算机中具体的数据模型,以及使用C#程序设计语言实现该模型对水系进行模拟的具体过程,模拟了南流江流域局部地区的水系发展过程,为元胞自动机与水文学研究的结合提供了参考。     

Integrating cellular automata and Markov techniques to generate urban development potential surface: a study on Kolkata agglomeration

Uncontrolled, yet fragmented peripheral urban expansion has emerged as a menace to urban development. To cope with this rapid urban expansion process, identification of the forces responsible for this rapid urban expansion is a pre-requisite, especially when its threats to habitability are taken into consideration. This study tries to evaluate fragmented uncontrolled urban expansion faced by Kolkata using cellular automata-Markov chain. Urban growth patterns, land use/land cover transformations and spatial allocation correspondence with planning strategy is the main theme of this study. Depending upon the driving forces, the study result indicates a bi-directional urban development potential surface, which might be a result of the biased planning initiative along with middle-class residential demand. This simulation result provides evidence for the planning authority to evaluate the effectiveness of spatial allocation and urban expansion trends and provide flexibility to modify the current allocation scenario.     

基于支持向量机的元胞自动机及土地利用变化模拟

提出了利用遥感数据，并采用支持向量机来确定元胞自动机非线性转换规则的新方法。元胞自动机在模拟复杂地理现象时，需要采用非线性转换规则。目前元胞自动机主要采用线性方法来获取转换规则，在反映复杂的非线性地理现象时有一定的局限性。以城市扩张的模拟为例，将模拟城市系统的主要特征变量映射到Hilbert空间后，通过SVM建立最优分割超平面，分割超平面的分类决策函数由径向基核（Radial Basis Kernel）构造。利用历史遥感数据校正超平面的决策函数，确定城市元胞自动机的非线性转换规则，计算出城市发展概率。利用所提出的方法，对深圳市1988-2010年的城市发展进行了模拟，取得了较理想的模拟效果。研究结果表明，基于SVM-CA模型的模拟精度比传统MCE方法模拟精度高，MoranⅠ指数与实际更为接近。