Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the
realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study …

This article presents an overview of multi-agent system models of land-use/cover change
(MAS/LUCC models). This special class of LUCC models combines a cellular landscape …

The creation of institutions to meet the challenge of sustainability is an important task
confronting society. Panarchy, a term devised to describe evolving hierarchical systems …

What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as
a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as …

Simulation for the Social Scientist is a practical textbook on the techniques of building
computer simulations to assist understanding of social and economic issues and problems …

Land use change models are tools to support the analysis of the causes and consequences
of land use dynamics. Scenario analysis with land use models can support land use …

Complexity theory has captured the attention of the scientific community to the extent where
its proponents tout it as a dominant scientific trend. Geographers, and environmental …

Computational methods have become the dominant technique in many areas of science.
This book contains the first systematic philosophical account of these new methods and their …

This book aims to provide a comprehensive review of the contribution of network analysis to
the understanding of tourism destinations and organizations. Theoretical and …

The various behavioral disciplines model human behavior in distinct and incompatible ways.
Yet, recent theoretical and empirical developments have created the conditions for …