THE REVIEW AND PROSPECT OF URBAN CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL
回顾了城市元胞自动机模型的发展，通过五个代表性实例分析其贡献与不足，并探讨未来趋势，适合城市模拟与复杂系统研究者参考。
Cellular automata(CA) have two characteristics make them inherently attractive for application to complex urban systems simulation. The first is that they are substantially spatial; and the second is that they can generate very complex forms by means of very simple rules, namely the local 'uncoordinated' or individualistic actions lead to global patterns with order at higher level. In this paper, the author firstly reviews development of urban CA via selecting five representative instances, analyses their contributions under the temporal social requirements and technological levels and shortcomings, and at last discusses the trend of urban CA in the future.