Agent-based simulation of the spatial evolution of the historical population in China

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-21

  Wu, Jing ^a,e   Mohamed, Rayman ^b   Wang, Zheng ^a,c,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e Room C511 Siyuan Building ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Cellular automata; China; Population distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 78650947897     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: 10958614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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