Agent-Based Modelling and Landscape Change

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 relationshi...

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Main Author: James Millington (Ed.) (auth)
Other Authors: John Wainwright (Ed.) (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
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