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Realistic Spatial Backcloth is not that Important in Agent Based Simulation Research: An Illustration from Simulating Perceptual Deterrence

Realistic Spatial Backcloth is not that Important in Agent Based Simulation Research: An Illustration from Simulating Perceptual Deterrence

Henk Elffers, Pieter Van Baal
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781599045917|ISBN10: 1599045915|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616927288|EISBN13: 9781599045931
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-591-7.ch002
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Elffers, Henk, and Pieter Van Baal. "Realistic Spatial Backcloth is not that Important in Agent Based Simulation Research: An Illustration from Simulating Perceptual Deterrence." Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems, edited by Lin Liu and John Eck, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 19-34. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-591-7.ch002

APA

Elffers, H. & Baal, P. V. (2008). Realistic Spatial Backcloth is not that Important in Agent Based Simulation Research: An Illustration from Simulating Perceptual Deterrence. In L. Liu & J. Eck (Eds.), Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems (pp. 19-34). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-591-7.ch002

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Elffers, Henk, and Pieter Van Baal. "Realistic Spatial Backcloth is not that Important in Agent Based Simulation Research: An Illustration from Simulating Perceptual Deterrence." In Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems, edited by Lin Liu and John Eck, 19-34. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-591-7.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter considers whether it is worthwhile and useful to enrich agent based spatial simulation studies in criminology with a real geographical background, such as the map of a real city? Using modern GIS tools, such an enterprise is in principle quite feasible, but we argue that in many cases this course is not only not producing more interesting results, but in fact may well be detrimental for the real reason of doing criminal simulation studies, which is understanding the underlying rules. The argument is first outlined in general, and then illustrated in the context of a given example of the ThESE perceptual deterrence simulation model (Van Baal, 2004), a model that actually is using a simple checkerboard as its spatial backcloth.

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