Agents in Housing Market. A Model for Siena Historical Centre

摘要

The goal of the research is to analyse the dynamics and the evolution of the real estate market of a highly competitive urban centre. An analysis has been conducted through the definition of a Multi Agents System implemented on a cellular automata ad hoc. The focus is on the study of the historical city centre of Siena and behaviours of the agents in this area, namely the students (six university faculties are located in the historical centre), the professional working class (the principal actors of the city's tertiary sector) and the tourist industry (Siena is a well-known pole of international tourist attraction).