Comparison of empirical methods for building agent-based models in land use science

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-55

  Robinson, Derek T ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a   Parker, Dawn C ^b   Schreinemachers, Pepijn ^c   Janssen, Marco A ^d   Huigen, Marco ^c   Wittmer, Heidi ^e   Gotts, Nick ^f   Promburom, Panomsak ^g   Irwin, Elena ^h   Berger, Thomas ^c   Gatzweiler, Franz ⁱ   Barnaud, Cécile ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

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Author keywords

Agent based model; Companion modeling; Empirical parameterization; Experiments; Household surveys; Human environment interactions; Participant observation; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907435668     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230701201349     Document Type: Article

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