Comparison of empirical methods for building agent-based models in land use science

DEREK T. ROBINSON*†, DANIEL G. BROWN†, DAWN C. PARKER‡, PEPIJN SCHREINEMACHERS§, MARCO A. JANSSEN{, MARCO HUIGEN§, HEIDI WITTMER||, NICK GOTTS††, PANOMSAK PROMBUROM‡‡, ELENA IRWIN§§, THOMAS BERGER§, FRANZ GATZWEILER{{ and CÉCILE BARNAUD|||| †University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Dana Building, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041, USA ‡Departments of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, MSN 6B2, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA §Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim (490e), 70593 Stuttgart, Germany {School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872402 Tempe, AZ 85287-2402, USA ||Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany ††The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK ‡‡Multiple Cropping Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand §§Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University, 2120 Fyffe Rd, Columbus, OH 43210, USA {{ZEF—Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Walter Flex Strasse 3, Bonn, Germany ||||Department of Geography, Paris X-Nanterre University, France