Assessing multiagent parcelization performance in the MABEL simulation model using Monte Carlo replication experiments

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-244

  Alexandridis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Pijanowski, Bryan C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247546613     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b31181     Document Type: Article

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