Aspiration levels in a land use simulation

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 663-683

  Gotts, N M ^a   Polhill, J G ^a   Law, A N R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAND USE; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAK EVEN; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0345134271     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/716100277     Document Type: Article

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