Integrating Geographic Information Systems And Agent-based Modeling Techniques For Simulating Social And Ecological Processes

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This volume presents a set of coherent, cross-referenced perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation and analytical 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.

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Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling Techniques for Simulating Social and Ecological Processes This page intentionally left blank 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 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2002 OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 2002 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Integrating geographic information systems and agent-based modeling techniques for simulating social and ecological processes /editor, H. Randy Gimblett p. cm — (Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity) 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 (Oxford University Press) GF23.M35 158 2001 304.2'01'5118—dc21 00-069204 This volume was typeset using TEXtures on a PowerMAC G3 computer. Camera-ready output from a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4M Printer. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contributors List Robert Allred, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, [email protected] AZ 86011-5717; e-mail: John Anderson, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2; e-mail: [email protected] Joanne Bieri, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, jab34 @dana. ucc. nau. edu Rian Bogle, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Rian.Bogle @ Colorado. edu AZ 86011-5717; e-mail: AZ 86011-5717; e-mail: 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
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