Professor Batty has some papers on the subject.

http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/rits/BATTY-JAPA-1997.pdf

It can be useful to simulate pedestrian activity.

Thank you  Maycon, I get this paper as well, but it is also more about planning. There are some others from him and from Juvali as well but usually handling growth and land use. Do you know some examples how to use those patterns as a guideline for urban design?

I have seen undergrad students' projects in Eindhoven and Melbourne. They have used CA to generate spaces, not as guideline per se, but as generative tool.

I believe the first step before considering Cellular Automata or any other computational method should be a general sketch of the thing or process you want to model. Based on the rules, complexity and behavior you can decide which model/method would suit you best. 

With cellular automata you can simulate evolution of activity patterns based on, for instance, compatibility with some environmental features. 

I've a teacher that did a talk according to this topic, it is based on Michael Batty's theories. The information is in spanish.

Link here: 

http://arquitectura.medellin.unal.edu.co/escuelas/mediosderepresentacion/images/Eventos/Geomatica_2013/pdf/Benjamin_Montoya_Jaramillo.pdf

I hope it helps you 

Thank you Marcos and Tatiana,

do you know where i can find any case studies, where those models where applied till the urban design level?

Maybe you can have a look at Reinhard Koenigs works: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=Etb2-HEAAAAJ

Dear Gustavo:

Of course you can read the publications of professor Batty from casa, but In the PHD Thesis of Nuno Norte to obtain the doctoral degree on Urban and Architectural Management at UPC (Spain), titled Multi-scale integrated cellular modelling for the study of urban change phenomena, probably you can find specific information. This is still unpublished, but you can find the dissertation in the next link; http://www-cpsv.upc.es/tesis/presentacio_norte.pdf

Best regards.