Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling Techniques for Simulating Social and Ecological Processes

342 Pages·2002·23.21 MB·English

by  H. Randy Gimblett

Integrating Geographic
Information Systems and
Agent-Based Modeling
Techniques for Simulating
Social and Ecological Processes
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Integrating Geographic
Information Systems and
Agent-Based Modeling
Techniques for Simulating
Social and Ecological Processes
Editor
H. Randy Gimblett
University of Arizona
Santa Fe Institute
Studies in the Sciences of Complexity
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2002
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Integrating geographic information systems and agent-based modeling techniques
for simulating social and ecological processes /editor, H. Randy Gimblett
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-514336-1; ISBN 0-19-514337-X (pbk.)
1. Human geography—Mathematical models. 2. Human ecology—
Mathematical models 3. Social ecology—Mathematical models. 4. Regional planning—
Mathematical models. 5. Geographic information systems. 1. Gimblett, H. Randy.
H. Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity
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Contributors List
Robert Allred, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5717; e-mail:
[email protected]
John Anderson, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2; e-mail: [email protected]
Joanne Bieri, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5717; e-mail:
jab34 @dana. ucc. nau. edu
Rian Bogle, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5717; e-mail:
Rian.Bogle @ Colorado. edu
Paul Box, Utah State University, Geography and Earth Resources, UMC 5240,
Logan, UT 84321; e-mail: [email protected]
Eduardo Brondisio, Indiana University, Center for Study of Institutions,
Population and Environmental Change and Anthropological Center for Training
and Research on Global Environmental Change, Bloomington, IN 47045; e-mail:
ebrondiz@indiana. edu
Susan Cherry, University of Arizona, BSE Building, Room 325, Tucson, AZ
85718; e-mail: slcherry@u. arizona.edu
Terry C. Daniel, University of Arizona, BSE Building, Room 325, Tucson, AZ
85718; e-mail: Daniel@u. arizona.edu
Peter J. Deadman, University of Waterloo, Department of Geography, Faculty
of Environmental Studies, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada; e-mail:
pjdeadma@fes. uwaterloo. ca
Scott M. Duke-Sylvester, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1610; e-mail:
sylv@tiem. utk. edu
Randy Gimblett, University of Arizona, BSE Building, Room 325, Tucson, AZ
85718; e-mail: [email protected]
Louis J. Gross, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1610; e-mail: [email protected]
Steven J. Harper, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056;
e-mail: harpersj@muohio. edu
Robert M. Itami, University of Melbourne, Department of Geomatics, Victoria,
Australia 3010; e-mail: [email protected]
Bin Jiang, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 6BT,
London, UK; e-mail: [email protected]
Dana Kilbourne, University of Arizona, BSE Building, Room 325, Tucson, AZ
85718
Kevin Lim, University of Waterloo, Department of Geography, Faculty of
Environmental Studies, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3GI Canada; e-mail:
klim @fes .Waterloo.ca
Stephen McCracken, Indiana University, Center for Study of Institutions,
Population and Environmental Change and Anthropological Center for Training
and Research on Global Environmental Change, Bloomington, IN 47045; e-mail:
stmccra@indiana. edu
Michael J. Meitner, Forest Sciences Centre, 2045-2424 Main Mall, University
of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4; e-mail:
meitner@interchange. ubc. c
Emilio Moran, Indiana University, Center for Study of Institutions, Population
and Environmental Change and Anthropological Center for Training and Research
on Global Environmental Change, Bloomington, IN 47045; e-mail:
moran@indiana. edu
Michael Ratliff, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5717; e-mail:
Mike.Ratliff@nau. edu
Merton T. Richards, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 15018, Flagstaff,
AZ 86011-5018; e-mail: [email protected]
Catherine A. Roberts, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5717;
e-mail: Catherine, [email protected]
Edella Schlager, School of Public Administration and Policy, 405 McClelland
Hall, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; e-mail: [email protected]
Ann-Marie Shapiro, US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering
Research Laboratory, PO Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9055; e-mail:
[email protected],ce.army.mil
Doug Stallman, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5717; e-mail:
dws@dana. ucc. nau. edu
James D. Westervelt, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics,
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, MC-710 326 Mumford Hall, 1301 W
Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801; e-mail: [email protected]
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