The role of visoalization io understanding a complex forest simolation model

Computer Graphics (ACM)

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Deulschman, Douglas H ^a,c   Devine, Catherine ^b   Buttel, Linda A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITIES;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EARTH SCIENCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0009524321     PISSN: 00978930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/563788.604452     Document Type: Article

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