Modeling human decisions in coupled human and natural systems: Review of agent-based models

L An - Ecological modelling, 2012 - Elsevier
Coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) manifest various complexities such as
heterogeneity, nonlinearity, feedback, and emergence. Humans play a critical role in …

Simple or complicated agent-based models? A complicated issue

Z Sun, I Lorscheid, JD Millington, S Lauf… - … Modelling & Software, 2016 - Elsevier
Agent-based models (ABMs) are increasingly recognized as valuable tools in modelling
human-environmental systems, but challenges and critics remain. One pressing challenge …

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 …

The complexities of agent-based modeling output analysis

JS Lee, T Filatova, A Ligmann-Zielinska… - Journal of Artificial …, 2015 - econstor.eu
The proliferation of agent-based models (ABMs) in recent decades has motivated model
practitioners to improve the transparency, replicability, and trust in results derived from …

Representation of decision-making in European agricultural agent-based models

R Huber, M Bakker, A Balmann, T Berger, M Bithell… - Agricultural systems, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of agent-based modelling approaches in ex-post and ex-ante evaluations of
agricultural policies has been progressively increasing over the last few years. There are …

Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems

TA Spies, EM White, JD Kline, AP Fischer, A Ager… - Ecology and …, 2014 - JSTOR
Fire-prone landscapes are not well studied as coupled human and natural systems
(CHANS) and present many challenges for understanding and promoting adaptive …

The potential of models and modeling for social-ecological systems research

M Schlüter, B Müller, K Frank - Ecology and Society, 2019 - JSTOR
Dynamic models have long been a common tool to support management of ecological and
economic systems and played a prominent role in the early days of resilience research …

Using an agent-based model to examine forest management outcomes in a fire-prone landscape in Oregon, USA

TA Spies, E White, A Ager, JD Kline, JP Bolte, EK Platt… - Ecology and …, 2017 - JSTOR
Fire-prone landscapes present many challenges for both managers and policy makers in
developing adaptive behaviors and institutions. We used a coupled human and natural …

[HTML][HTML] Network analysis of wildfire transmission and implications for risk governance

AA Ager, CR Evers, MA Day, HK Preisler, AMG Barros… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
We characterized wildfire transmission and exposure within a matrix of large land tenures
(federal, state, and private) surrounding 56 communities within a 3.3 million ha fire prone …

Changes in landscape fire-hazard during the second half of the 20th century: Agriculture abandonment and the changing role of driving factors

O Viedma, N Moity, JM Moreno - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Past the middle of the 20th century, forest fires started to increase markedly in the
Mediterranean countries of southern Europe. Hazardous land-use and land-cover (LULC) …