Analysis of an urban energy metabolic system: Comparison of simple and complex model results

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-19

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Li, Shengsheng ^a   Fath, Brian D ^b,c   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Yang, Naijin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Model selection; Systems analysis; Urban energy metabolism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODEL; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; METABOLIC SYSTEMS; MODEL SELECTION; RESEARCH OBJECT; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM STRUCTURES; URBAN ENERGY;

METABOLISM; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCRETE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; METABOLISM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 82955247598     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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