Modelling within a self-organising or a microsimulation framework: opposite or complementary approaches?

In this note I will shortly focus on the question of scale in the modelling of populations’ spatial mobility. Let us simply consider the case of three organisational levels : at the top, a region as a whole, for instance a country or a group of countries (macro-level), at an intermediate level a set...

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Autor principal:	Lena Sanders
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Publicado:	Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 1999
Materias:	self-organization/self-organisation micro-simulation modeling/modelling Geography (General) G1-922
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aabd410da7b0497d913bb3d299403c342021-12-02T11:11:18ZModelling within a self-organising or a microsimulation framework: opposite or complementary approaches?1278-336610.4000/cybergeo.1226https://doaj.org/article/aabd410da7b0497d913bb3d299403c341999-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/1226https://doaj.org/toc/1278-3366In this note I will shortly focus on the question of scale in the modelling of populations’ spatial mobility. Let us simply consider the case of three organisational levels : at the top, a region as a whole, for instance a country or a group of countries (macro-level), at an intermediate level a set of spatial units, for example the departments or the communes (meso-level) and at the bottom the individuals (micro-level). The question is, for a specific problem, to choose the most adapted level to develop a model. In many circumstances, there is no ambiguity, the level is induced by the problem. But in other cases, there is a possible choice. For example, if one wants to understand and to simulate the spatial redistribution of the population within a regional system during a certain period of time, the result of the model is expected to be given at a meso-level, but the model can be developed either within the framework of microsimulation, or within that of synergetics, each implying its proper philosophy. One privileges hypotheses on individuals’ behaviour, the other focuses on processes that refer to a meso-level logic. The aim here is to underline what conceptual differences are induced by these two approaches.Lena SandersUnité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-citésarticleself-organization/self-organisationmicro-simulationmodeling/modellingGeography (General)G1-922DEENFRITPTCybergeo (1999)
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description	In this note I will shortly focus on the question of scale in the modelling of populations’ spatial mobility. Let us simply consider the case of three organisational levels : at the top, a region as a whole, for instance a country or a group of countries (macro-level), at an intermediate level a set of spatial units, for example the departments or the communes (meso-level) and at the bottom the individuals (micro-level). The question is, for a specific problem, to choose the most adapted level to develop a model. In many circumstances, there is no ambiguity, the level is induced by the problem. But in other cases, there is a possible choice. For example, if one wants to understand and to simulate the spatial redistribution of the population within a regional system during a certain period of time, the result of the model is expected to be given at a meso-level, but the model can be developed either within the framework of microsimulation, or within that of synergetics, each implying its proper philosophy. One privileges hypotheses on individuals’ behaviour, the other focuses on processes that refer to a meso-level logic. The aim here is to underline what conceptual differences are induced by these two approaches.
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title	Modelling within a self-organising or a microsimulation framework: opposite or complementary approaches?
title_short	Modelling within a self-organising or a microsimulation framework: opposite or complementary approaches?
title_full	Modelling within a self-organising or a microsimulation framework: opposite or complementary approaches?
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Modelling within a self-organising or a microsimulation framework: opposite or complementary approaches?

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