Agent-based modelling and networks: Case study of the emerald ash borer
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Geographic automata systems composed of agent-based models (ABM) are capable of representing complex, spatio-temporal phenomena such as insect infestation. However, ABMs are often difficult to understand and explain thus imposing limits of their usefulness. This study proposes the integration of spatial network theory and a geospatial ABM to help provide a more complete depiction of ABM behaviour. The approach simulates insect infestation using the emerald ash borer insect infestation as a case study. Network theory facilitates the mathematical characterization of agent behaviour and the underlying infestation processes as they emerge in the simulation and provides a more complete understanding of the processes from which large scale patterns of spread are generated.
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