Abstract
The primary purpose of the research is to provide a goal-oriented agent based urban simulation tool. An evaluation criteria was introduced for the current or proposed urban arrangement to measure the effectiveness of the citizens to navigate between parts of the city. The simulation would be based on transit oriented development (TOD) of what type of mass urban transportation would be available. The agents are representation of activities and number of people occupying the area. The parameters, behavior, and growth factor are set based on historical data. The simulation goals are derived from the city's long term plan for the land use allocation. In this study, Bandung is used as a test case; a developing city which currently has no mass rapid transport system. The first step is to propose a mass transportation system, which will be the basis for TOD based simulation The evaluation tool will be used to calculate the effectiveness of the options of assigning the MRT transit stations. The calculation takes the density, topography, and existing urban form. This bottom up approach is chosen to maintain the local qualities, less disruptive to the existing urban fabric, hence a more acceptable approach for the citizen. The predicted model will be readjusted to fit into he current main streets and fixed areas. The resulting agents will direct the land use allocation and assigning of the FAR of the parametric buildings generation inside the area covered by the agent. The computed result, together with city's historical and cultural values give directions and main concept of the Bandung 2118 master planning.