Comparing two sensitivity analysis approaches for two scenarios with a spatially explicit rural agent-based model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-210

  Schouten, Marleen ^a,b   Verwaart, Tim ^b   Heijman, Wim ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Complex systems; Sensitivity analysis; Social simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSERVATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; SOCIAL SIMULATIONS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 84893106618     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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