An agent-based model to identify migration pathways of refugees: The case of Syria

Advances in Geographic Information Science

Volumn 0, Issue , 2018, Pages 45-58

  Hébert, Guillaume Arnoux ^a   Perez, Liliana ^a   Harati, Saeed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Conflict induced migration; GIS; Migration pathways; Syrian refugees

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SIMULATION PLATFORM; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CIVIL WAR; COMPLEX SYSTEM THEORY; CONFLICT AREAS; CONFLICT INDUCED MIGRATION; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION PATHWAY; MODEL METHOD; SIMULATION OUTPUTS; SYRIAN REFUGEE; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; SYRIAN REFUGEES;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 85032707522     PISSN: 18672434     EISSN: 18672442     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65993-0_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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