Exploring the choice of decision making method in an agent based model of land use change

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 774-781

  Cabrera, A R ^a   Deadman, P J ^a   Brondizio, E S ^b   Pinedo Vasquez, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Amazon; Decision making; Land use cover change

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AMAZON; COMMON MODELS; DECISION MAKING MODELS; DECISION-MAKING METHOD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; MODELLING STUDIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PRIMARY SOURCES; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION TREES; ECONOMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84858658704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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