Verification & validation of an agent-based forest fire simulation model

Spring Simulation Multiconference 2010, SpringSim'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Niazi, Muaz A ^a   Siddique, Qasim ^b   Hussain, Amir ^c   Kolberg, Mario ^c  

^a COMSATS Institute of IT ^*  (Pakistan)

^b FUIEMS   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Complex system; Forest fire; Multiagent system; Verification validation; VOMAS; Wireless Sensor Network

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; FOREST-FIRE; VOMAS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY; SENSORS; SIMULATION;

EID: 78650588934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1878537.1878539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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