An adaptive agent model for analysing co-evolution of management and policies in a complex rangeland system

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 249-268

  Janssen, Marco A ^a   Walker, Brian H ^b   Langridge, Jenny ^b   Abel, Nick ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive agents; Complex adaptive systems; Ecosystem management; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; RANGELAND;

EID: 0034233920     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00256-8     Document Type: Article

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