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Complex science for a complex world : exploring human ecosystems with agents

It is well known that human activities are endangering the stability and sustainability of many fragile ecosystems. This title looks at the science that addresses the frontiers of interactions between human behavior and environmental responses
Print Book, English, ©2006
ANU E Press, Canberra, ©2006
xv, 334 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
9781920942380, 9781920942397, 1920942386, 1920942394
271063074
1. Complex Science for a Complex Worl: An Introuduction
2. Towards a New Ontology of Complexity Science
3. Agents, Icons and Idols
4. The Uncertain Fate of Self-Defeating Systems
5. The Structure of Social Networks
6. Integration and Implementation Sciences: Building a New Specialisation
7. Sustainability Assessment of Housing Developments: A New Methodology
8. WISDOM-II: A Network Centric Model for Warfare
9. Managing Agricultural Pest and Disease Incursions: An Application of Agent Based Modelling
10. SimDrug: A Multi Agent System Tackling the Complexity of Illicit Drug Markets in Australia
11. NEMSIM: Finding Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Multi-Agent Electricity Modelling
12. AtollGame: A Companion Modelling Experience in the Pacific
13. Multiple-Use Management Strategy Evaluation for Coastal Marine Ecosystems Using InVitro
14. Rangeland Consolidation Patterns in Australia: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach
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