An agent-based model of conflict in East Africa and the effect of watering holes

19th Annual Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation 2010, BRiMS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 112-119

  Kennedy, William G ^a   Hailegiorgis, Atesmachew B ^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 modeling; Conflict modeling; MASON

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; CONFLICT DYNAMICS; EAST AFRICA; MASON; RUN TO RUN; SEASONAL CYCLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 84865339208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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