Shaping Knowledge : Complex Socio-Spatial Modelling for Adaptive Organizations.

Cover -- Shaping Knowledge: Complex socio-spatial modelling for adaptive organizations -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- About the author -- 1 Introduction and case study -- General introduction -- Space and knowledge -- Dimensions of knowledge -- Knowledge representation -- A case study in socio-spatial change -- Overview of the book -- Notes -- 2 Innovation, agency and technology -- Spatializing knowledge -- Space and innovation -- Knowledge as technology -- Knowledge as innovation -- Patterns of innovation -- Space, knowledge and power -- Conclusion -- Note -- 3 The dynamics of innovation -- The social life of innovation -- Regional dynamics -- Complexity and modularity -- Patterns of adoption -- Flows -- Waves -- Bifurcations -- Criticality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Modelling knowledge dynamics -- Information and knowledge -- Ecologies of innovation -- Ecologies of human development -- Network dynamics -- Network graphs -- Innovation networks -- The topology of regional knowledge -- System dynamics of innovations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Modelling socio-spatial agents -- Agency and action -- Manifolds and mess -- Elements of agent behaviour -- Agency and autonomy -- Coalitions and decisions -- Resource allocation -- Search and decision-making -- Modelling with games -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Case studies in socio-spatial change -- Micro-level socio-spatial change: slum sanitation -- Micro-level change agents -- Meso-level socio-spatial change: remote long-term care services -- Socio-spatial inclusion and mobile platforms -- Meso-level knowledge integration -- Exo-level socio-spatial change: Arctic urbanization -- Exo-level instability and infrastructure -- Agency and adaptation -- Dilemmas and homophily -- Bidding and voting -- Knowledge systems -- Conclusion -- Notes.

7 Reasoning with graphs -- Representing knowledge flow -- Visualization as science and art -- Visualizations as thought experiments -- Drawing relationships -- Logic, symbols and computing -- Computing for simulation -- Community models -- Spatial distance functions -- Complex data modelling -- Spatial data structures -- Surface-network analysis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Decisions and arguments -- Constructing knowledge -- Decisions and representation -- Experience and arguments -- Basics of argumentation -- Argumentation schemes -- Deriving arguments -- Applying argumentation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9 Directions for adaptive planning -- Principles of adaptation -- Adaptation in human systems -- Managing knowledge complexity -- Directions for planning -- Directions for research -- Planning with implicit knowledge -- Calibrating models -- General summary -- General conclusions -- Notes -- Glossary -- Sources for socio-spatial argumentation -- Slum sanitation -- Remote care of chronic illness -- Arctic urbanization -- Bibliography -- Index.

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