Mark Altaweel

Mark Altaweel is a Reader in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, having held previous appointments and joint appointments at the University of Chicago, University of Alaska, and Argonne National Laboratory. Mark has an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
A selection of independent predictors of invasion frequency mapped on the study area of Assyria and surrounding states. From Baudains et al, 2015.

Proportional Hazard Modeling and GIS

Mark Altaweel

By integrating GIS with proportional hazard modeling, we are now beginning to see GIS increasing its analytical modeling repertoire for the sciences that leverage factors of spatial and time to better understand how emergence and evolution of given processes develops, even when uncertainty is persistent for areas of research.

Screenshot from "How to use GIS data with Repast".

Agent-Based Modeling and GIS

Mark Altaweel

The need to understand emergent phenomenon in a variety of fields has led to not only greater use of agent-based models (ABMs), but we are increasingly seeing tools that integrate GIS with ABMs.