A cellular automata model for forest fire spread prediction: The case of the wildfire that swept through Spetses Island in 1990

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Alexandridis, A ^a   Vakalis, D ^b   Siettos, C I ^a   Bafas, G V ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Fire spread dynamics prediction; Forest wildfires; Geographical information systems; Heterogeneous landscapes; Spetses island

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

BLACK BOXES; CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL; EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS; FIRE RISKS; FIRE SPREAD DYNAMICS PREDICTION; FOREST FIRE SPREADING; FOREST FIRES; FOREST WILDFIRES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPACE AND TIME; SPETSES ISLAND; WIND SPEED;

FIRES;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERS; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTS;

EID: 52049112763     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2008.06.046     Document Type: Article

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