Agent-based modeling within a cyberinfrastructure environment: A service-oriented computing approach

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1323-1346

  Tang, Wenwu ^a   Wang, Shaowen ^b   Bennett, David A ^c   Liu, Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Cyberinfrastructure; Service oriented computing; Spatial simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIS; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053554067     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.585342     Document Type: Article

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