School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

PUBLICATIONS

Papers in prep

• Parry, H. and Evans, A.J. (In prep) 'From theoretical agent model to real landscape management: the implications of agricultural landscape configuration for spatial pest population dynamics' Ecological Complexity Special Issue (Environmental micro-simulation: From data approximation to theory assessment).
• Evans, A.J., Murray, T., Maltman, A.J., and Ridgeway, T. (In Prep) 'Clast ploughing and lodgement: evidence in the Quaternary record used to derive ice mass dynamics and sediment rheology'
• Parry, H., Evans, A.J., and Morgan, D. (In prep) 'From social science to ecological modelling'.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Parry, H., and Evans, A.J. (In prep) 'Agent-based systems: an approach to modelling geographical systems'

Papers

• Malleson, N.S., See, L.M., Heppenstall, and Evans, A.J. (In press) 'Creating a Realistic Agent-based Model of Burglary' Environment and Planning B
• Carrivick, J.L., Geilhausen, M., Warburton, J., Dickson, N.E., Carver, S.J., Evans, A.J., Brown, L.E. (In press) 'Contemporary geomorphological activity throughout the proglacial area of an alpine catchment' Geomorphology
• Evans, A.J. (2011) 'The Levitating Altar of Saint Illtud', Folklore 122(1), 55-75.
• Jordan, R., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M (2011) 'Agent-based simulation modelling of housing choice and urban regeneration policy' Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6532, 152-166.
• Evans, A.J. (2010) 'Complex spatial networks in application' Complexity, 16(2), 11-19.
• Malleson, N., See, L.M., Evans, A.J. and Heppenstall, A.J. (2010) 'Implementing comprehensive offender behaviour in a realistic agent-based model of burglary' Simulation, 0(0): 1-22
• Malleson, N., Evans, A.J., and Jenkins, T. (2009) 'An Agent-Based Model of Burglary in Leeds' Environment and Planning, B., 39, 1103-1123
• Heppenstall A.J., Birkin M. H., Evans A. J.(2009) 'Extending spatial interaction models with agents for understanding relationships in a dynamic retail market' In Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems
• Evans, A.J., Nettleship, J. and Perry, S. (2008) 'Linn Liuan / Llynn Llyw: the wonderous lake of the Historia Brittonum's mirabilibus britanniae and Culhwch ac Olwen' Folklore, 119, 3, 295-318.
• Parry, H. and Evans, A.J. (2008) 'A comparative analysis of parallel processing and super-individual methods for improving the computational performance of a large individual-based model' Ecological Modelling, 214 (2-4), 141-152
• Porter, P.R, Evans, A.J., Hodson, A.J., Lowe, A.T. and Crabtree, M.D. (2008) 'Sediment-moss interactions on a temperate glacier: Falljökull, Iceland'. Annals of Glaciology, 48, 25-31
• Evans, A.J. and Waters, T. (2007), 'Mapping Vernacular Geography: Web-based GIS Tools for Capturing "Fuzzy" or "Vague" Entities' International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 7, (2) 134-150.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2007), Genetic Algorithm Optimisation of a Multi-Agent System for Simulating a Retail Market. Environment and Planning B, 34 (4).
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2006) 'Using Hybrid Agent-Based Systems to Model Spatially-Influenced Retail Markets' Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 9, 3.
• Evans, A.J. (2006) 'The National Geographical Information Policy of Britain', Proceedings of the GIS International Conference / GIS Korea 2006, Seoul, Korea, 17-19 May 2006, p.275-299.
• Parry, H.R.*, Evans, A.J. and Heppenstall, A.J. (2006) 'Millions of Agents: Parallel Simulations with the RePast Agent-Based Toolkit' In Trappl, R. (ed) "Cybernetics and Systems 2006" Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, Vienna (Proceedings of the 18th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, April 18 - 21 2006, Vienna.)
• Parry, H., Evans, A.J., and Morgan, D. (2006) 'Aphid population dynamics in agricultural landscapes: an agent-based simulation model' Ecological Modelling, Special Issue on Pattern and Processes of Dynamic Landscapes, 199 (4), 451-463.
• Heppenstall, A.J., McFarland, O. and Evans, A.J. (2005) 'The Application of Multi-Agent Systems and Social Network Theory to Petrol Pricing on UK Motorways' Proceedings of the 4th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. Budapest, Hungary, 15-17 September 2005.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2005) Optimising a Hybrid Agent-Based System with Application to the Retail Petrol Market 8th International Conference on Geocomputation. University of Michigan (US) 1-3 August, 2005.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J., Birkin, M.H. and O'Sullivan, D. (2005) 'The Use of Hybrid Agent-Based Systems to Model Petrol Markets' In, Terano, T., Kita, H. Kaneda, Arai, K. and Deguchi, H. (eds) 'Agent-Based Simulation: From Modelling Methodologies to Real-World Applications'. Springer Series on Agent-Based Social Systems, Vol. 1., Chapter 17.
• Heppenstall, A.J., McFarland, O.E. and Evans, A.J. (2005) 'Application of Multi-agent Systems and Social Network Theory to Petrol Pricing on UK Motorways' M. Pechoucek, P. Petta, and L.Z. Varga (Eds.): CEEMAS 2005, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 3690, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelbergp, 551-554.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2005) 'A Hybrid Multi-Agent/Spatial Interaction Model System for Petrol Price Setting' Transactions in GIS, 9 (1), 35-51
• Carver, S., Evans, A.J., and Kingston, R. (2004) 'Developing and testing a web-based GIS for teaching the principles of spatial decision-making' Journal of Geography in HigherEducation, 28 (3), 425 - 438
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J., and Birkin, M. (2004) 'Experiments with a Hybrid Multi-Agent Model for the Spatial Distribution of Petrol Prices' Proceedings of the 12th Annual GISRUK Conference, Norwich, UK, 28-30 March 2004.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J., O'Sullivan, D., MacGill, J. and Birkin, M.H.* (2004) 'Using networks of journeys to improve a petrol market model' Proceedings of the Sixth conference of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Logic and Methodology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 16-20, 2004.
• Evans, A.J., Kingston, R., and Carver, S. (2004) 'Democratic input into the nuclear waste disposal problem: the influence of geographical data on decision making examined through a web-based GIS' (abstract and paper) Journal of Geographical Systems, 6 (2), 117 - 132
• Parry, H., Evans, A.J., and Morgan, D. (2004) 'Aphid Population Dynamics in Agricultural Landscapes: An Agent-based Simulation Model' Proceedings of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society Conference on Complexity and Integrated Resources Management, University of Osnabrück, Germany, 14-17 June 2004.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2004) 'Experiments with a Hybrid Multi-Agent Model for the Spatial Distribution of Petrol Prices' Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent-based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems, Kyodai-Kaikan, Kyoto University, Japan, 27-29 May 2004,
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2003) 'A Hybrid Multi-Agent/Spatial Interaction Model System for Petrol Price Setting' Proceedings of the 7^th International Conference on GeoComputation.
• Waters, T. and Evans, A.J. (2003) 'Tools for web-based GIS mapping of a "fuzzy" vernacular geography' Proceedings of the 7^th International Conference on GeoComputation.
• Heppenstall, A.J., Evans, A.J. and Birkin, M.H. (2003) 'Application of a hybrid multi-agent model to petrol prices (Word doc)' Proceedings of the Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section, 33^rd Annual Conference.
• Woodward, J.C., Porter, P.R., Lowe, A.T., Walling, D.E. and Evans, A.J. (2002) 'Composite suspended sediment particles in glacial meltwaters: preliminary evidence from Alpine and Himalayan basins' (see also abstract)Hydrological Processes, 16, 1735-1744
• Carver, S., Evans, A.J., and Fritz, S. (2002) 'Wilderness Attribute Mapping in the United Kingdom' International Journal of Wilderness, 8, 1, 24-29
• Hatfield, K., Evans, A.J., and Harvey, P. (2002) 'Defining petrophysical units of the Palmer Deep Sites on Leg 178' Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, Vol.178
• Fischer, U., Porter, P., Schuler, T., Evans, A.J., and Gudmundsson, H. (2001) 'Hydraulic and mechanical properties of glacial sediments beneath Unteraargletscher, Switzerland: implications for glacier basal motion' (see also abstract)Hydrological Processes, 15, 18, 3525-3540
• Carver, S., Evans, A.J., Kingston, R. and Turton, I. (2001) 'Public participation, GIS, and cyberdemocracy: evaluating on-line spatial decision support systems'(see also abstract)Environment and Planning B, 28, 907-921
• Carver, S., Evans, A.J., Kingston, R. and Turton, I. (2000) 'Accessing Geographical Information Systems over the World Wide Web' (see online abstract) Journal of Information Infrastructure and Policy, 6, 157-170
• Kingston, R., Carver, S., Evans, A. and Turton, I. (2000) 'Web-based public participation geographical information systems: an aid to local environmental decision-making (pdf)' (see also abstract) Computers, Environments and Urban Systems, 24, 109-125.
• Kingston, R., Carver, S., Evans, A.J. and Turton, I. (2000) 'Net Gains' Surveyor, 27th April, 187(5578).
• Openshaw, S., Evans, A.J., Duke-Williams, O.W., Rees, P.H. (2000) 'A flexible outputs system for the 2001 Census including a measure of confidentiality risks in census data' In Rees P.H., Martin D., Williamson P. (ed.) The Census Data System: Resources, Tools and Developments
• Barker, P.F., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., et al. (1999) 'Proc. ODP, Init Repts.', 178: College Staion, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 58pp.
• Evans, A.J., Kingston, R., Carver, S., and Turton, I. (1999) 'Web-based GIS used to enhance public democratic involvement' Proceedings of the 4^th International Conference on GeoComputation.
• Duke-Williams, O., Openshaw, S., Rees, P. and Evans, A.J. (1998) 'A method for assessing risk of disclosure in census microdata and tabular data' Proceedings of the International Symposium on Linked Employer-Employee Data, Arlington VA, USA, 21-22 May, 1998, CDROM

Book Chapters

• Evans, A.J. (2012) 'Uncertainty and Error'. In Heppenstall, A.J., Crooks, A.T., See, L.M., and Batty, M. (2011) 'Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems'. Springer.
• Evans, A.J., Heppenstall, A.J. and Birkin, M. (In prep) 'Understanding Simulation Results' In Edmonds, B. 'Simulating Social Complexity'
• Carver, S., Evans, A.J., Kingston, R. and Turton, I. (In limbo) 'Cyber-democracy and public participation in environmental decision-making'.
• Evans, A., (2006) 'Fuzzy GIS and the Fear of Crime' In Heywood, I., Cornelius, S. and Carver, S. 'An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems' 3rd Edition, Pearson, Prentice Hall
• Kingston, R., Evans, A.J., and Carver, S. (2002) 'Public participation via on-line democracy' In Geertman, S. and Stillwell, J. (eds) 'Planning Support Systems in Practice'

Working Papers

• Malleson, N., Heppenstall, A., See, L. and Evans, A.J. (2010) 'Evaluating an Agent-Based Model of Burglary' School of Geography, University of Leeds Working Paper 10/1
• Malleson, N., Heppenstall, A., See, L. and Evans, A.J. (2009) 'Simulating Burglary with an Agent-Based Model' School of Geography, University of Leeds Working Paper 09/3
• Kongmuang, C., Clarke, G.P., Evans, A.J. and Jin, J. (2006) 'SimCrime: a Spatial microsimulation model for the analysing of crime in Leeds' School of Geography, University of Leeds Working Paper 06/1
• Oxnard, L. and Evans, A.J. (2003) 'Methodologies for the automatic location of academic and educational texts on the internet' (pdf) (abstract) School of Geography, University of Leeds Working Paper 03/1

Other Publications

• Evans, A.J., Kingston, R. and Carver, S. (2002) 'Twenty Recommendations for Online Democracy sites: Best Practice Advice for Sites dealing with Public Participation in Environmental Planning' (associated talk).
• Carver, S., Evans, A., Kingston, R., and Turton, I. (1999) 'Virtual Slaithwaite Case Study Report'
• Evans, A.J. (1998) 'The Causes and Implications of Microstructures in Glacial Sediments', unpublished PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
• Parsons, L., Evans, A.J. and Hunter, P. (1992) 'The Bathymetry of the Lau Basin' IOSDL map series.

Reviews

• Evans, A.J. (2009) 'Review of An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems, M.Wooldridge, Wiley (2009), Edition: 2nd, Paperback, 484 pages'. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
• Evans, A.J. (2003) 'Review of: Java Programming for Spatial Sciences, by Wood, J. (2002), Taylor and Francis, pp.320'. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17/6, 593-600