Landscape design and agricultural land-use allocation using Pareto-based multi-objective Differential Evolution

Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software"

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Groot, Jeroen C J ^a   Rossing, Walter A H ^a   Jellema, André ^a   Van Ittersum, Martin K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multifunctional agriculture; Optimization; Scales; Stakeholder discussions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INFORMED DECISION; INITIAL POPULATION; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS (MOO); MULTI-OBJECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTIONS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; MULTIPLE SERVICES; NONDOMINATED SOLUTIONS; RAPID ASSESSMENT; SCALES; SELECTION PRESSURES; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSIONS;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LAND USE; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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