A multi-agents architecture to enhance end-user individual-based modelling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-41

  Ginot, Vincent ^a   Le Page, Christophe ^b   Souissi, Sami ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Component programming; Individual based models (IBM); Modelling tools; Multi agents systems (MAS); Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 0037110538     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00211-9     Document Type: Article

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