Agent-based modelling allows researchers to build artificial pastoral systems that are
spatially explicit and allow for the examination of complex interactions between households …

Within this chapter we focus on the integration of Geographical Information System (GIS)
and Agent-based modelling (ABM) and review a selection of toolkits which allow for such …

There has been a great increase in archaeological research in Mongolia since 2000.
Increasingly precise chronologies, regional studies, and the growth of development-driven …

Abstract Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) represents a methodology with significant potential
for altering archaeological analytical practice. The continued growth in the number of …

Social simulation models from computational social science are beginning to provide
significant advances in terms of implementing more complex social, human, and natural …

Future climate change is expected to have greater impacts on societies whose livelihoods
rely on subsistence agricultural systems. Adaptation is essential for mitigating adverse …

Social simulation—an emerging field of computational social science—has progressed from
simple toy models to increasingly realistic models of complex social systems, such as agent …

Historically, pastoral people were able to more freely use the services their semi-arid and
arid ecosystems provide, and they adapted to changes in ways that improved their well …

Pastoralism represents a complex adaptive system that has existed in Inner Asia for
thousands of years. The challenges of environmental change have highlighted the need to …

The environment of the mountain-steppe-taiga of northern Mongolia is often characterized
as marginal because of the high altitude, highly variable precipitation levels, low winter …