An agent-based model of farmer decision-making and water quality impacts at the watershed scale under markets for carbon allowances and a second-generation biofuel crop

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Ng, Tze Ling ^a   Eheart, J Wayland ^b   Cai, Ximing ^b   Braden, John B ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b United States of America   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED MODEL; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL PROFILES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FIRST-ORDER; ILLINOIS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; NITRATE LOADS; PRODUCTION COST; RISK AVERSE; SALT CREEK; TO EFFECT; WATER QUALITY IMPACT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRONOMY; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOFUELS; COMMERCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CROPS; INFERENCE ENGINES; LANDFORMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRONOMY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CROP; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; PRODUCTION COST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ILLINOIS; SALT CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053347194     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010399     Document Type: Article

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