Title Statements
- Full title :Spatial simulation : exploring pattern and process / David O'Sullivan, George L.W. Perry.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781118527078, 1118527070, 9781118554722, 1118554728, 9781118555071, 1118555074, 9781118527085, 1118527089, 1299804373, 9781299804371, 1119970806, 9781119970804, 9781119970798, 1119970792
- oclc:ocn828334122
- LC Classification:QA402
- Dewey Decimal:003
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Spatial Simulation Models: What? Why? How?; 1.1 What are simulation models?; 1.1.1 Conceptual models; 1.1.2 Physical models; 1.1.3 Mathematical models; 1.1.4 Empirical models; 1.1.5 Simulation models; 1.2 How do we use simulation models?; 1.2.1 Using models for prediction; 1.2.2 Models as guides to data collection; 1.2.3 Models as t̀ools to think with'; 1.3 Why do we use simulation models?; 1.3.1 When experimental science is difficult (or impossible).
1.3.2 Complexity and nonlinear dynamics 1.4 Why dynamic and spatial models?; 1.4.1 The strengths and weaknesses of highly general models; 1.4.2 From abstract to more realistic models: controlling the cost; Chapter 2 Pattern, Process and Scale; 2.1 Thinking about spatiotemporal patterns and processes; 2.1.1 What is a pattern?; 2.1.2 What is a process?; 2.1.3 Scale; 2.2 Using models to explore spatial patterns and processes; 2.2.1 Reciprocal links between pattern and process: a spatial model of forest structure; 2.2.2 Characterising patterns: first- and second-order structure.
2.2.3 Using null models to evaluate patterns 2.2.4.2.4 Density-based (first-order) null models; 2.2.5 Interaction-based (second-order) null models; 2.…
Subjects
Writers
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
Analysis and modelling of spatial environment data
Kanevskiĭ, M. B., (Mikhail Borisovich)
Files & Downloads
-
Spatial Simulation: Exploring Pattern and Process…
PDF · 16.0 MB · updated -
Spatial simulation. Perry, And George L.W. Perry:…
EPUB · 18.7 MB · updated
Rate & Review