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1. What Are Agent-Based Models of Land Use Change? 1. What Are Agent-Based Models of Land Use Change?
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2. Structure, Function, and Relationship to Standard Economic Models 2. Structure, Function, and Relationship to Standard Economic Models
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2.1 Bringing the “Invisible Hand” to Life: An Illustrative Example 2.1 Bringing the “Invisible Hand” to Life: An Illustrative Example
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2.2 A Generalized Structure for ABM/LUCC 2.2 A Generalized Structure for ABM/LUCC
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3. Novel Model Construction and Analysis Issues 3. Novel Model Construction and Analysis Issues
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3.1 Model Design 3.1 Model Design
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3.1.1 Simulating Landscape Structure 3.1.1 Simulating Landscape Structure
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3.1.2 Characterizing Agent Heterogeneity 3.1.2 Characterizing Agent Heterogeneity
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3.1.3 Characterizing Agent Interaction 3.1.3 Characterizing Agent Interaction
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3.1.4 Event Sequencing 3.1.4 Event Sequencing
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3.1.5 Representing Boundedly Rational Optimization 3.1.5 Representing Boundedly Rational Optimization
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3.1.6 Modeling Learning 3.1.6 Modeling Learning
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3.1.7 Equilibrium 3.1.7 Equilibrium
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3.2 Experimental Design 3.2 Experimental Design
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3.2.1 Pseudo-Inductive Modeling 3.2.1 Pseudo-Inductive Modeling
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3.3 Model Construction, Execution, and Analysis 3.3 Model Construction, Execution, and Analysis
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3.3.1 Software Choices and Resources 3.3.1 Software Choices and Resources
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3.3.2 Communicating Model Structure and Results 3.3.2 Communicating Model Structure and Results
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3.3.3 Generating Data 3.3.3 Generating Data
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3.3.4 Analyzing Generated Data 3.3.4 Analyzing Generated Data
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4. Conclusion 4. Conclusion
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4.1 Complementarities with Other Economic Modeling Methods 4.1 Complementarities with Other Economic Modeling Methods
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4.2 Future Research Directions: Cross-Scale Modeling 4.2 Future Research Directions: Cross-Scale Modeling
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4.3 A Call for Innovation 4.3 A Call for Innovation
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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References References
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16 An Economic Perspective on Agent-Based Models of Land Use and Land Cover Change
Get accessDawn Cassandra Parker is Associate Professor in the School of Planning at University of Waterloo.
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Published:02 September 2014
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Abstract
This chapter reviews agent-based models of land use change (ABM/LUCC), a new class of computational simulation models that directly represent the decisions and interactions of economic agents at the scale of real-world land management, over a spatially explicit and dynamic virtual landscape. The chapter provides practical guidance and context for land economists who wish to understand, evaluate, and construct ABM/LUCC. It explains their structure in relation to standard economic models and demonstrates how this structure facilitates investigation of novel economic questions, especially those that involve spatial and agent-level heterogeneity in combination. It outlines the novel issues that need to be considered for ABM/LUCC, including but not limited to land market issues such as nonequilibrium dynamics, price expectations, and bounded rationality. It discusses experimental design and analysis challenges unique to ABM models, highlights complementarities between ABM/LUCC and other methods, and outlines important future research directions for this field.
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