2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 5455 Modeling Geographic Complexity 1 is scheduled on Thursday, 3/26/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in North Hall N116, Las Vegas Convention Center Sponsorship(s): Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group Organizer(s): Suzana Dragicevic - SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Tom Evans - Indiana University Chair(s): Suzana Dragicevic - SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *David A. Bennett - University of Iowa Wenwu Tang - University of Illinois  Abstract Title: Modeling Complex Adaptive Rangeland Systems 1:20 PM   Author(s): *Raymond Cabrera - University of Waterloo Peter J. Deadman - University of Waterloo  Abstract Title: Multi-agent reasoning in Amazonia (MARIA): A comparison of decision-making methods in an agent-based model of rural land use change 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Sohl Terry - U.S. Geological Survey  Abstract Title: Forecasting spatial patterns of land cover and land-use change: The FORE-SCE model 2:00 PM   Author(s): *Li Xun - Arizona State University Paul M. Torrens, Ph.D - Arizona State University William Griffin, Ph.D - Arizona State University Casey Sechler - Arizona State University Jillian Smith - Arizona State University Haojie Zhu - Arizona State University Scott Brown - Arizona State University  Abstract Title: Visual GIS Analysis and Validation Methods of Individual Behavioral Models 2:20 PM   Author(s): *Sara Metcalf - University at Buffalo (SUNY)  Abstract Title: Moving Beyond Automata: Critical Thinking and Computer Models Session Description: Complexity has emerged as a useful paradigm to effectively study linked human, socioeconomic and biophysical systems. As a result, descriptive and predictive models of various levels of sophistication and using mostly agents and  cellular automata are now beginning to regularly appear in the geographic literature. However, there still remains many unresolved conceptual, technical and application challenges associated with these complexity based models. The goal of this session is to focus on the conceptual issues related to modeling complexity in human-environment systems.

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