A computational agent model of flood management strategies

Computational Methods for Agricultural Research: Advances and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 296-307

  Brouwers, Lisa ^a   Boman, Magnus ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

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EID: 84892622431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-871-1.ch014     Document Type: Chapter

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