Simulation d’un processus de densification du tissu urbain à base d’agents

The approach presented in this paper uses a multi-agent system to model the self- organising properties of urban systems from a morphological point of view and aims at provid- ing a tool to study urban growth. The proposed multi-agent system is a hierarchy of topographic agents (e.g. buildings, roads, rivers or urban blocks) that are built, modified, merged, split, re- structured and destroyed over time. Each agent's behaviour is controlled by a set of evolution rules, constraints and associated actions. This paper deals especially with populating functions which allow the creation of new agents while respecting a certain spatial organisation and a certain construction process.