Software engineering considerations for individual-based models

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-22

  Ropella, Glen E ^a   Railsback, Steven F ^b   Jackson, Stephen K ^c  

^a The Swarm Development Group   (United States)

^b Jackson Scientific Computing ^*  (United States)

^c Jackson Scientific Computing   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual based model; Observability; Soft ware; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142270309     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2002.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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