Modeling fire spread under environmental influence using a cellular automaton approach

Complexity International

Volumn 8, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Li, Xiaodong ^a   Magill, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; FUELS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; LANDSCAPE; PREDATOR AREAS; WIND CONDITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 4143124662     PISSN: 13200682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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