Transition rule complexity in grid-based automata models

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 257-266

  Childress, W Michael ^a,b   Rykiel Jr , Edward J ^a,c   Forsythe, William ^a   Li, Bai Lian ^a   Wu, Hsin I ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Grid based models; Spatial automata; Succession

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; GRID-BASED MODEL; MODELLING; SAVANNA; SPATIAL AUTOMATA; SUCCESSION;

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EID: 0030434745     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02059853     Document Type: Article

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