Agent-based modeling and genetic programming for modeling land change in the Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region of Mexico

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 47-62

  Manson, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Genetic program; Land use and land cover change; Multicriteria evaluation; Symbolic regression

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

EID: 26444608545     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.04.024     Document Type: Article

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