New horizons for managing the environment: A review of coupled social‐ecological systems modeling

M Schlueter, RRJ Mcallister… - Natural Resource …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional approaches to natural resource management are increasingly challenged by
environmental problems that are embedded in highly complex systems with profound …

Comparison of empirical methods for building agent-based models in land use science

DT Robinson, DG Brown, DC Parker… - Journal of land use …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The use of agent-based models (ABMs) for investigating land-use science questions has
been increasing dramatically over the last decade. Modelers have moved from 'proofs of …

Monitoring land use and land cover changes in the mountainous cities of Oman using GIS and CA-Markov modelling techniques

S Mansour, M Al-Belushi, T Al-Awadhi - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
As a result of the socioeconomic transformation, the rapid urban expansion of cities and
towns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states has predominately led to tremendous …

[HTML][HTML] Land use optimization of rural production–living–ecological space at different scales based on the BP–ANN and CLUE–S models

G Liao, P He, X Gao, Z Lin, C Huang, W Zhou… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rural production–living–ecological (PLE) space is the essential carrier of China's rural land
resource planning and management. However, the pattern identification, optimal prediction …

Describing human decisions in agent-based models–ODD+ D, an extension of the ODD protocol

B Müller, F Bohn, G Dreßler, J Groeneveld… - … Modelling & Software, 2013 - Elsevier
Representing human decisions is of fundamental importance in agent-based models.
However, the rationale for choosing a particular human decision model is often not …

An agent-based simulation model of human–environment interactions in agricultural systems

P Schreinemachers, T Berger - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes an agent-based software package, called Mathematical Programming-
based Multi Agent Systems (MP-MAS), which builds on a tradition of using constrained …

[HTML][HTML] Layout optimization and multi-scenarios for land use: An empirical study of production-living-ecological space in the Lanzhou-**ning City Cluster, China

X Yang, X Chen, F Qiao, L Che, L Pu - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of the dynamics of regional production-life-ecological space (PLES) can
help to mitigate conflicts between economic development and the natural environment and …

Environmental cognitions, land change, and social–ecological feedbacks: An overview

P Meyfroidt - Journal of Land Use Science, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding land use transitions requires analyzing how, when facing qualitative
environmental change, human agents may modify their beliefs, values, and decision rules …

A framework for modeling payments for ecosystem services with agent-based models, Bayesian belief networks and opinion dynamics models

Z Sun, D Müller - Environmental modelling & software, 2013 - Elsevier
We present an integrated modeling framework for simulating land-use decision making
under the influence of payments for ecosystem services. The model combines agent-based …

Land-Use Dynamic Simulator (LUDAS): A multi-agent system model for simulating spatio-temporal dynamics of coupled human–landscape system. I. Structure and …

QB Le, SJ Park, PLG Vlek, AB Cremers - Ecological Informatics, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents the concept and theoretical specification of a multi-agent based model
for spatio-temporal simulation of a coupled human–landscape system. The model falls into …