Includes bibliographical references and index.

GIS and modeling overview / Michael F. Goodchild -- Towards a GIS platform for spatial analysis and modeling / David J. Maguire -- Approaches to modeling in GIS : spatial representation and temporal dynamics / Michael Batty -- Assessing the uncertainty resulting from geoprocessing operations / Konstantin Krivoruchko and Carol A. Gotway Crawford -- Spatial statistical modeling in a GIS environment / Luc Anselin -- Linking general-purpose dynamic simulation models with GIS / Ian Miller, Stefan Knopf, and Rick Kossik -- Dynamic, geospatial landscape modeling and simulation / Thomas Maxwell and Alexey Voinov -- Urban growth using cellular automata models / Michael Batty and Yichun Xie -- A data model to represent plans and regulations in urban simulation models / Lewis D. Hopkins, Nikhil Kaza, and Varkki G. Pallathucheril -- Urban land-use transportation models / Michael Wegener -- Retail and service location planning / Mark Birkin -- Simulating spatially explicit networks for dispersion of infectious diseases / Ling Bian and David Liebner -- The use of GIS in transport modeling / Thomas Israelsen and Rasmus Dyhr Frederiksen -- The integration of case-based reasoning and GIS in a planning support system / Anthony G.O. Yeh -- Hydrologic modeling / David R. Maidment, Oscar Robayo, and Venkatesh Merwade -- Environmental modeling with PCRaster / Peter A. Burrough, Derek Karssenberg, and Willem van Deursen -- Transition potential modeling for land cover change / J. Ronald Eastman, Megan E. Van Fossen, and Luis A. Solórzano -- Modeling the interaction between humans and animals in multiple-use forests : a case study of Panthera tigris / Sean Ahearn and J. L. David Smith -- Integration of geographic information systems and agent-based models of land use : prospects and challenges / Dawn C. Parker -- Generating prescribed patterns in landscape models / Jiunn-Der Duh and Daniel G. Brown -- GIS, spatial analysis, and modeling : current status and future prospects / David J. Maguire, Michael Batty, and Michael F. Goodchild.