Combining system dynamics and agent-based modeling to analyze social-ecological interactions-an example from modeling restoration of a shallow lake

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Martin, Romina ^a   Schlüter, Maja ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Human decision making; Lake restoration; Social ecological system; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045944422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00066     Document Type: Article

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