An agent-based simulation model of a primitive agricultural society

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 643-658

  Macmillan, W ^a   Huang, H Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Agents; Agriculture; Cells; Complex systems; Demography; Famine; Java; Land use; Markets; Simulation; von Th nen economy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGISTICS; MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VON THUNEN MODEL;

EID: 39949085609     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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