Forest fire modelling and simulation in the DELTA environment

Simulation Practice and Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-197

  Barros, Fernando J ^a   Mendes, Maria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DSDEVS formalism; Dynamic structure cellular automata; Fire modelling; Modelling methodology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DYNAMIC STRUCTURE DISCRETE EVENT SPECIFICATION (DSDEVS) FORMALISM; FOREST FIRE MODELLING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE DELTA;

FIRES;

EID: 0031095765     PISSN: 09284869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4869(96)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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