Overview

For those addressing ecological and natural resource management problems this volume presents a set of coherent, cross-referenced perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation and analytical power of GIS with agent-based modeling 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 also the success in applying such algorithms have not been adequately written about This book fills that gap and provides much needed information on applications for the research community as well as those in the management of natural resources.

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Author:   H. Randy Gimblett (Associate Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Associate Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780195143379

ISBN 10:   019514337
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   28 February 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

H. Randy Gimblett: Preface 1: H. Randy Gimblett: Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Technologies for Modeling and Simulating Social and Ecological Phenomena 2: John Anderson: Providing a Broad Spectrum of Agents in Spatially Explicit Simulation Models: The Gensim Approach 3: Paul Box: Spatial Units as Agents: Making the Landscape an Equal Player in Agent-Based Simulations 4: James D. Westervelt: Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling 5: Steven J. Harper, James D. Westervelt, and Ann-Marie Trame: Management Application of an Agent-Based Model: Control of Cowbirds at the Landscape Scale 6: Scott M. Duke-Sylvester and Louis J. Gross: Integrating Spatial Data into an Agent-Based Modling System: Ideas and Lessons from the Development of the Across-Trophic-Level System Simulation 7: Peter J. Deadman and Edella Schlager: Models of Individual Decision Making in Agent-Based Simulation of Common-Pool-Resource Management Institutions 8: Bin Jiang and H. Randy Gimblett: An Agent-Based Approach to Environmental and Urban Systems within Geographic Information Systems 9: Robert M. Itami: Mobile Agents with Spatial Intelligence 10: H. Randy Gimblett, Merton T. Richards, and Robert M. Itami: Simulating Wildland Recreation Use and Conflicting Spatial Interactions using Rule-Driven Intelligent Agents 11: H. Randy Gimblett et al.: An Intelligent Agent-Based Model for Simulating and Evaluating River Trip Scenarios along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park 12: Kevin Lim et al.: Agent-Based Simulations of Household Decision Making and Land Use Change near Altamira, Brazil Index

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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 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 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 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 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

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<br>

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