Using pattern-oriented modeling (pom) to cope with uncertainty in multi-scale agent-based models of land change

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 883-900

  Magliocca, Nicholas R ^a   Ellis, Erle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONAL PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; EMPIRICAL DATA; GLOBAL ECONOMICS; LAND CHANGES; LAND USE AND COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE DECISIONS; LAND-USE SYSTEMS; MULTI-SCALES; PATTERN-ORIENTED MODELING; UNCERTAINTY;

LAND USE;

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE LOCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883507704     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12012     Document Type: Article

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