An agent-based modelling application of shifting cultivation

Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 611-625

  Ngo, The An ^a   Drake, Frances ^b   See, Linda ^b,c  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA   (Australia)

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EID: 84955712052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4_30     Document Type: Chapter

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