Using stylized agent-based models for population-environment research: a case study from the Galápagos Islands

• Published in: Population and environment Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 401 - 426
• Main Authors: Miller, Brian W., Breckheimer, Ian, McCleary, Amy L., Guzmán-Ramirez, Liza, Caplow, Susan C., Jones-Smith, Jessica C., Walsh, Stephen J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Science+Business Media 01.07.2010; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agrarian Structures; Agricultural population; Agricultural subsidies; Archipelagoes; Case studies; Climate change; Computer Software; Conservation; Cost control; Curricula; Decision making; Demography; Ecological modeling; Ecology; Economic models; Economic statistics; Economic theory; Ecuador; Environment; Environmental economics; Environmental science; Fish culture; Human influences; Interdisciplinary aspects; Invasive species; Islands; Laboratories; Land cover; Land use; Modeling; National parks; Nonnative species; Original Paper; Parametric models; Parks; Population; Population Economics; Public Health; Science; Social Sciences; Sociology; Software; Strikes; Studies; Sustainable agriculture; Trends; Galapagos Islands; Ecuador, Galapagos Is., Isabela I; Ecuador, Galapagos Is; Invasive species; Land use/land cover; NetLogo; Galápagos Islands; Livelihoods

Agent-based models (ABMs) are powerful tools for population-environment research but are subject to trade-offs between model complexity and abstraction. This study strikes a compromise between abstract and highly specified ABMs by designing a spatially explicit, stylized ABM and using it to explore...