A Computational Model Refinement for Visibility Graph Analysis

Abstract

In recent years, space syntax is becoming a popular research tool in analyzing the human-space relationship in buildings and outdoor space. In this paper, we proposed a computational model refinement for Visibility Graph Analysis (VGA) in space syntax with a visual distance parameter that can be adjusted. An automatic computation prototype of VGA with dynamic visual distance was created. Several floor plans of real buildings were used to test our prototype. The results indicated that the dynamic visual distance can be more realistic for the model compared to the original model with infinite visual distance.