The explicit representation of context in agent-based models of complex adaptive spatial systems

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1128-1155

  Tang, Wenwu ^a   Bennett, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive spatial systems; Context; Geospatial simulation; Intelligent agents

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649365843     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.517739     Document Type: Article

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