CaTMAS: A multi-agent model for simulating the dynamics of carbon resources of West African villages

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 20-22, 2011, Pages 3651-3661

  Belem, Mahamadou ^a,b,c   Manlay, Raphaël J ^a   Müller, Jean Pierre ^b   Chotte, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Century; Farming system; Generic model; Global change; Modeling and simulation; Organic matter; West African savanna

Indexed keywords

CENTURY; FARMING SYSTEM; GENERIC MODEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; MODELING AND SIMULATION; WEST AFRICAN SAVANNA;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVATION; DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSIONS TRADING; FARMING SYSTEM; GIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 80054098787     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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