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Agent-based modelling and landscape change / / edited by James D. A. Millington, John Wainwright



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Titolo: Agent-based modelling and landscape change / / edited by James D. A. Millington, John Wainwright Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , [2016]
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 111.85
Soggetto topico: Landscapes
Persona (resp. second.): MillingtonJames D. A.
WainwrightJohn
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Sommario/riassunto: The use of agent-based models (ABMs) and modelling for understanding landscape change and dynamics continues to grow. One reason for the popularity of ABMs is that they provide a framework to represent multiple, discrete, multi-faceted, heterogeneous actors (human or otherwise) and their relationships and interactions between one another and their environment, through time and across space. This collection showcases innovative uses of ABMs for investigating and explaining landscape change and dynamics and to explore and identify how researchers in different disciplines can learn from one another to further innovate. The diverse range of processes and landscapes that ABMs are currently used to examine is clearly demonstrated, including: land-use decision making in agricultural landscapes; soil erosion in semi-arid environments; forest change in mountainous landscapes; trade in 1st Century BC southern France; social adaptations of herders in northern Mongolia; and malaria epidemiology in Kenya. A range of agent-based representation is used from the implied presence of agents, through comparing heterogeneous vs. aggregated representation of human activity, to alternative means of parameterizing individual agent behaviour. The collection will be of interest to all interested in innovative agent-based modelling for understanding landscape change, its causes and consequences for sustainability in the Anthropocene.
Titolo autorizzato: Agent-Based Modelling and Landscape Change  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-03842-281-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910765763103321
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