An agent based model of climate change and conflict among pastoralists in East Africa

Modelling for Environment's Sake: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 716-723

  Hailegiorgis, Atesmachew B ^a   Kennedy, William G ^a   Rouleau, Mark ^a   Bassett, Jeffrey K ^a   Coletti, Mark ^a   Balan, Gabriel C ^a   Gulden, Tim ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Climate change; Conflict; Pastoral

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CONFLICT; EAST AFRICA; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PASTORAL; SEASONAL RAINFALL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84858653603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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