DocumentCode
770870
Title
Lucas: a system for modeling land-use change
Author
Berry, Michael W. ; Hazen, Brett G. ; MacIntyre, Rhonda L. ; Flamm, Richard O.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Volume
3
Issue
1
fYear
1996
Firstpage
24
Lastpage
35
Abstract
Changes in land use depend on both natural processes and human behavior, complicating the job of natural resource managers. Building Lucas (Land-Use Change Analysis System) to model and predict land-use change required expertise from ecologists, economists, sociologists and computer scientists. The C++ object-oriented language allowed a flexible, modular approach
Keywords
digital simulation; ecology; environmental factors; environmental science computing; geography; natural resources; real estate data processing; social sciences computing; C++ object-oriented language; Land-Use Change Analysis System; Lucas; computer modeling; computer science; economics; flexible, modular approach; human behavior; landscape ecology; natural processes; natural resource management; sociology; Biological system modeling; Biosphere; Data engineering; Environmental factors; Environmental management; Humans; Pattern analysis; Project management; Resource management; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-9924
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/99.486758
Filename
486758
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