Title :
DINAMICA - a landscape dynamics simulation software
Author :
Soares-Filho, B.S. ; De A Araújo, A. ; Cerqueira, G.C. ; Araújo, W.L.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper reports the development of a new spatial simulation model of landscape dynamics - DINAMICA, which presents: (1) multi-scale vicinity-based transitional functions, (2) incorporation of spatial feedback approach to a stochastic multi-step simulation engineering, and (3) the application of logistic regression or weights of evidence to calculate the spatial dynamic transition probabilities. Applications of DINAMICA include the prediction of a region´s spatial pattern evolution according to pre-defined transition rates
Keywords :
digital simulation; ecology; geophysics computing; Amazonian frontier colonization region; DINAMICA; cartographic neighborhood; dynamic spatial transition probabilities; landscape dynamics; landscape evolution; logistic regression; multi-scale vicinity-based transitional functions; multiple time step stochastic simulation; scenarios; spatial dynamic transition probabilities; spatial feedback; spatial pattern evolution; spatial simulation model; stochastic multi-step simulation engineering; weights of evidence; Application software; Biological system modeling; Design engineering; Feedback; Logistics; Predictive models; Probability; Spatial resolution; Stochastic processes; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2001 Proceedings of XIV Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Florianopolis
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1330-1
DOI :
10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2001.963114
