Current Research Interest:
My general research interest is centered on Geographic Information Science and GeoComputation. Specifically my research is focused on the use of agent-based models/multi-agent systems and machine learning techniques for the spatial and temporal modeling of complex adaptive spatial systems.
Research involved:
2007 - present Research Assistant for NSF Human Social Dynamics “Collaborative Research: AOC Social Complexity and the Management of the Commons”.
2002 - 2007 Research Assistant for
NSF Biocomplexity in the Environment: Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human systems “Complexity across boundaries- coupled human and natural systems in the Yellowstone Northern Elk Winter Range”.
2003 (summer) Research Assistant for Innovations in Instructional Computing “Geography Unfettered: Wireless Technologies in the Geographic Information Science Curriculum”.
2003 (summer) Research Assistant for
NSF Biocomplexity in the Environment: Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems for “Simulating Complexity in a Dynamic Landscape: Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Nang Rong, Thailand”
2001 - 2002 Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Department of Geography at the University of Iowa
Publication:
Peer-reviewed
Tang, W., in review, Development of a spatially-explicit agent-based simulation package for modeling complex adaptive geographic systems. Submitted to Cartography and Geographic Information Science.
Tang, W., Malanson, G.P. and Entwisle, B., in review, Simulated village locations in Thailand using a multi-scale model including a neural network approach. Submitted to Journal of Land Use Science.
Bennett, D.A., and Tang, W., accepted. Mobile Aware Intelligent Agents, In: Understanding dynamics of geographic domains, edited by M. Yuan and K. Stewart. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, New York, NY.
Bennett, D.A., and Tang, W., 2006, Modeling adaptive, spatially aware, and mobile agents: Elk migration in Yellowstone, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 20(9): 1039-1066.
Martini, I.P., Wang, Y., Zhu, D., Zhang, Y., and Tang, W., 2004, Coastal sandy ridges and reefs of southern Hainan Island (China) developed during Quaternary sea-level variations, Quaternaria Nova, Vol. VIII: 277-296.
Yin, Y., Zhu D.K., Martini, I.P., Tang W., and Xu Y., 2004. Application of Ground-penetrating Radar for spit stratigraphic interpretation, Hainan Island, China. Journal of Coastal Research, 43: 179-201.
Yin, Y., Zhu, D.K., Tang, W., Ge, C., and Martini, I.P., 2002, On barrier-lagoon development and GPR application in Boao area, ACTA Geographia Sinica, 57(3): 301-309.
Yin, Y., Zhu, D., Guan, H. Tang, W., and Martini, I.P., 2002, Application of ground-penetrating radar to coastal bar studies in Boao in eastern Hainnan Island of China, Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 3: 121-129 (in Chinese).
Tang, W., Zhu, D, Ge, C., Jiang, S., and Martini, I.P., 2001, The application of ground penetrating radar to the survery of the coast environment, Marine Geology & Quanternary Geology, 2: 102-108 (in Chinese).
Wang, Y., Martini, I.P., Zhu, D., Zhang, Y., and Tang, W., 2001, Coastal plain evolution in southern Hainan Island, China, Chinese Science Bulletin, 46 Supp., 90-96 (in Chinese).
Tang, W., Zhu, D.K., and Shi, X.D., 2000, Calculation of shortest paths using a modified Dijkstra algorithm in GIS, Journal of Image and Graphics of China, 5(12): 1019-1023 (in Chinese).
Conference Proceedings and Others
Tang, W., 2007, Development of a spatially-explicit agent-based simulation package for modeling complex adaptive geographic systems. Proceedings of the UCGIS Summer Assembly, 2007, Yellowstone National Park, USA. http://www.ucgis.org/summer2007/studentpapers/tang_rev060907.pdf.
Bennett, D.A., Tang, W., and McGinnis, D., 2005, Modeling elk migration and trophic cascades in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: An agent-based approach, The Open Science Conference on Global Change in the Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland, UK.
Bennett, D.A., and Tang, W., 2005, An agent-based simulation of Yellowstone’s Northern Range elk herd: A cognitive approach, Proceedings of Geocomputation International Conference 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (CD-ROM).
Tang, W., Malanson, G.P., and Walsh, S.J., 2004, Model for land use changes in Thailand, Asian Surveying and Mapping, 2, 1-3.
Dissertation and Thesis
Tang, W., 2007, Geographically-aware intelligent agents, PhD dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Tang, W., 2001, Research on Open Web-based GIS, Master thesis, Department of Geography, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (in Chinese).
Tang, W., 1998, The calculation of shortest paths in GIS. Bachelor thesis, Department of Geography, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (in Chinese).
Presentation:
Tang, W. and Bennett, D.A., 2007, Agent-based modeling of adaptive spatial decision-making in complex geographical systems: a reinforcement learning approach, The 102th Annual Meeting of AAG, 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Bennett, D.A., McGinnis, D.L., and Tang, W., 2006, The emergence of complex landscape dynamics, Evolution, Emergence, Generation Workshop, European Conference on Complex System ’06, Oxford, UK.
Tang, W. and Bennett, D.A., 2006, Simulating risk-avoidance behavior of elk in Northern Yellowstone Park by using evolutionary neural networks, The 101th Annual Meeting of AAG, 2006, Chicago, IL, USA.
Tang, W. and Bennett, D.A., 2005, Identifying spatially-explicit migration patterns of elk using machine learning, The 57th Meeting of the West Lakes Division, AAG, 2005, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Bennett, D.A., Tang, W., and McGinnis, D., 2005, Modeling elk migration and trophic cascades in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: An agent-based approach, The Open Science Conference on Global Change in the Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland, UK.
Bennett, D.A. and Tang, W., 2005, Modeling complex trophic relations among elk, wolves, and humans in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, The 101th Annual Meeting of AAG, 2005, Denver, CO, USA.
Tang, W. and Bennett, D.A., 2005, Simulating adaptive winter migratory behaviors of elk in Northern Yellowstone National Park, The 101th Annual Meeting of AAG, 2005, Denver, CO, USA.
Tang, W., Malanson, G.P., and Walsh, S.J., 2004, Agent-based simulation of pattern formation of village territory in Thailand, The 100th Annual Meeting of AAG, 2004, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Tang, W., Malanson, G.P., and Entwisle, B., 2003, Agent-based modeling of village location in Thailand, The 99th Annual Meeting of AAG, 2003, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Tang, W. and Malanson, G.P., 2002, Habitat generalists and specialists in the competition-colonization model, Annual Meeting of US-IALE, 2002, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Zhu, D.K., Martini, I P., and Tang, W., 2000, Coastal plain evolution indicated by barrier systems in southern Hainan Island, China, Thematic Conference of International Association of Geomorphologists, Nanjing, China, August 25-29.W.,
Technical Skills:
Programming:
C++, Java, Object Pascal (Delphi), and Basic
GIS:
ArcGIS, Arc/Info, ArcView, Grass GIS, MapInfo, Maptitude
Remote Sensing:
Erdas
Statistics:
R, SAS, and S-plus
