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
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
2002
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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