Modeling biocomplexity - actors, landscapes and alternative futures

: Increasingly, models (and modelers) are being asked to address the interactions between human influences, ecological processes, and landscape dynamics that impact many diverse aspects of managing complex coupled human and natural systems. These systems may be profoundly influenced by human decisions at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and the limitations of traditional process-level ecosystems modeling approaches for representing the richness of factors shaping landscape dynamics in these coupled systems has resulted in the need for new analysis approaches. Additionally, new tools in the areas of spatial data management and analysis, multicriteria decision-making, individual-based modeling, and complexity science have all begun to impact how we approach modeling these systems. The term "biocomplexity" has emerged a descriptor of the rich patterns of interactions and behaviors in human and natural systems, and the challenges of analyzing biocomplex behavior is resulting...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: ENVSOFT
• Authors: John P. Bolte, David W. Hulse, Stanley V. Gregory, Court Smith
• Keywords: ENVSOFT 2007, Human, Landscape Dynamics, Systems