Urban Water Management with Artificial Societies of Agents: The FIRMABAR Simulator

Simulation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-199

  López Paredes, Adolfo ^a   Saurí, David ^b   Galán, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based social simulation; participatory processes; stakeholders; water management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGENT BASED SOCIAL SIMULATION; PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES; STAKEHOLDERS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 22244480665     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549705053167     Document Type: Article

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