Agent-based Modelling
To advance and communicate research on these three themes, URI harnesses the use of state-of-the-art modelling and visualisation technologies. Agent-based Modelling (ABM) enables the study of emergent and potentially unexpected phenomena arising through the interaction of multiple actors with built and social environmental structures and processes, and to model scenarios to inform the development of integrated, multi-sectoral policy solutions. Alongside this, visualisation technology in the form of interactive 3D virtual environments, supports the communication of infrastructure policy options, aiding policy makers in the decision-making process.