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Creating A Correct Simulation Of A City

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Scientists are starting to look at cities as complex organisms, rather than machines. Organisms function due to individual units and can be driven by simple rules. Both researchers and scientists are looking at individual-level interactions with their environment to understand an unexpected phenomenon. They are looking closely at how people, households, businesses, and organizations affect urban areas. Using this data they are able to create an “agent-based model” or a simulation of the city (Heppenstall & Malleson, 2015). To create a correct simulation of a city, the data has to tailor to that specific city. To do this, researchers collect data about how people spend their day, where they go, what they do, who they do them with, and …show more content…

Through the simulations, researchers can see how criminals change their movement around the city, the type of houses they are aware of, and which cities will have the highest target rate of burglaries, by altering the environmental influences (Heppenstall & Malleson, 2015). The purpose of big data in the building of future cities is to make them smarter and more sustainable (Build the cities). The idea of a city being smart sounds crazy, but with all the technology people have on hand at all times allows this to be possible. Again, a large part of the data comes from social media, and the interactions between individuals. Researchers are now trying to use social media in a new way, to get the world out about social issues, environmental issues, etc. to see how people react and if they react. For example, researchers are using social media to create climate awareness, by asking to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and energy waste in urban area (Marr, 2015). In the analysis of their reactions, researchers will be able to provide useful information on how to best shape the future of cities (Heppenstall & Malleson, 2015). Personalized health care is the next step in improving health care. Big data is assisting in this search of figuring out a way to make health care more easily affordable and tailored to patients’ specific needs. Today, health care officials, families, and citizens are able to collect a significant amount of medical data through the use of Fitbit,

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