Description

This volume presents a set of coherent, cross-referenced perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation andanalytical power of GIS with agent-based modelling of evolutionary and non-linear processes and phenomena. Many recent advances in software algorithms for incorporating geographic data in modeling social and ecological behaviors, and successes in applying such algorithms, had not been adequately reported in the literature. This book seeks to serve as the standard guide to this broad area.

Features

• The integration of GIS and simulation technologies is of great interest to ecologists, economists, and sociologists interested in addressing ecological and natural resource management problems
• It provides a good review of the theory and methods of agent-based modeling and its links to GIS and other vehicles
• It provides much needed information of application in the research community as well as the management community in natural resources
• It should also be of interest in the field of remote sensing, environmental psychology, animal behavior and consumer behavior.

Reviews

"Nine contributions from Gimblett (U. of Arizona) and other scientists discuss the use of geographic information systems in connection with agent-based modeling techniques to dynamically simulate evolutionary, ecological, and social phenomena. The papers were originally presented at a conference held in March of 1998 at the Santa Fe Institute. Topics include, for example, spatial units as agents, models of individual decision making in simulations of common-pool- resource management institutions, and mobile agents with spatial intelligence."--SciTech Book News

Product Details

344 pages; 81 line illus/halftones; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-514337-9ISBN10: 0-19-514337-X

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