Simulating retail locations using GIS and an agents decision model for urban planning

Cécile Tannier (1) , Didier Josselin (1) , Holger Bruch (1) , Pierre Frankhauser (1)

1 ThéMA - Théoriser et modéliser pour aménager (UMR 6049)

This paper focuses on a methodological approach which intends to simulate subsequent transformations of urban patterns within a GIS. We describe conceptual models of data and process dedicated to a problem interfacing actors and territory: location strategy of retail outlets.

Mots clés: retailing; location; GIS; data modelling

Domaines: Géographie

Cécile Tannier, Didier Josselin, Holger Bruch, Pierre Frankhauser. Simulating retail locations using GIS and an agents decision model for urban planning. International Conference on Modelling Geographical and Environmental Systems with Geographical Information Systems, Jun 1998, Hong Kong, China. pp.523-531. ⟨halshs-00460947⟩