Multi-agent systems for the simulation of land-use and land-cover change: A review

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 314-337

  Parker, Dawn C ^a   Manson, Steven M ^b   Janssen, Marco A ^c   Hoffmann, Matthew J ^d   Deadman, Peter ^e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Cellular automata; Complexity theory; Land use and land cover change; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODELING;

EID: 28344457777     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.9302004     Document Type: Review

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