Land-Use Dynamic Simulator (LUDAS): A multi-agent system model for simulating spatio-temporal dynamics of coupled human-landscape system. I. Structure and theoretical specification

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-153

  Le, Quang Bao ^a   Park, Soo Jin ^b   Vlek, Paul L G ^a   Cremers, Armin B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; Coupled human environment systems; Household decisions; Land use change dynamics; Multi agent models; Policy decision support; Spatio temporal visualisation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEURISTICS; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 44649202078     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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