Further towards a taxonomy of agent-based simulation models in environmental management

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-40

  Hare, M ^a   Deadman, P ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Agent based simulation; Environmental management; Multi agent systems; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0344120796     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4754(03)00118-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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