Integrating geographic information systems and agent-based modeling techniques for simulating social and ecological processes [[electronic resource] /] / editor, H. Randy Gimblett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451712503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0-19-756181-0; 1-280-53137-1; 0-19-803274-9; 1-4294-0224-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Collana: Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity
• Altri autori (Persone): GimblettH. Randal (Howard Randal)
• Disciplina: 304.2; 304.2015118
• Soggetti: Human geography - Mathematical models; Human ecology - Mathematical models; Social ecology - Mathematical models; Regional planning - Mathematical models; Geographic information systems; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Technologies for Modeling and Simulating Social and Ecological Phenomena; 2 Providing a Broad Spectrum of Agents in Spatially Explicit Simulation Models: The Gensim Approach; 3 Spatial Units as Agents: Making the Landscape an Equal Player in Agent-Based Simulations; 4 Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling; 5 Management Application of an Agent-Based Model: Control of Cowbirds at the Landscape Scale; 6 Integrating Spatial Data into an Agent-Based Modeling System: Ideas and Lessons from the Development of the Across-Trophic-Level System Simulation7 Models of Individual Decision Making in Agent-Based Simulation of Common-Pool-Resource Management Institutions; 8 An Agent-Based Approach to Environmental and Urban Systems within ; Geographic Information Systems; 9 Mobile Agents with Spatial Intelligence; 10 Simulating Wildland Recreation Use and Conflicting Spatial Interactions using Rule-Driven Intelligent Agents; 11 An Intelligent Agent-Based Model for Simulating and Evaluating River Trip Scenerios along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park12 Agent-Based Simulations of Household Decision Making and Land Use Change near Altamira, Brazil; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents a set of coherent, cross-referenced perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation and analytical power of GIS with agent-based modelling of evolutionary and non-linear processes and phenomena.