Evaluating spatio-temporal complexities of forest management: An integrated agent-based modeling and GIS approach

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-496

  Bone, Christopher ^a   Dragićević, Suzana ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Complex systems; Forest management; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SIMULATION PLATFORM; TIMBER;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ECONOMIC CONDITION; FOREST LANDSCAPE; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MANAGEMENT AGENTS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL COMPLEXITY; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPLEXITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GIS; LAND COVER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349901409     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-008-9151-9     Document Type: Article

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