@article{Moulds:2015:10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015, author = {Moulds, S and Buytaert, W and Mijic, A}, doi = {10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015}, journal = {Geoscientific Model Development}, pages = {3215--3229}, title = {An open and extensible framework for spatially explicit land use change modelling: the lulcc R package}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015}, volume = {8}, year = {2015} }
TY - JOUR AB - We present the lulcc software package, an object-oriented framework for land use change modelling written in the R programming language. The contribution of the work is to resolve the following limitations associated with the current land use change modelling paradigm: (1) the source code for model implementations is frequently unavailable, severely compromising the reproducibility of scientific results and making it impossible for members of the community to improve or adapt models for their own purposes; (2) ensemble experiments to capture model structural uncertainty are difficult because of fundamental differences between implementations of alternative models; and (3) additional software is required because existing applications frequently perform only the spatial allocation of change. The package includes a stochastic ordered allocation procedure as well as an implementation of the CLUE-S algorithm. We demonstrate its functionality by simulating land use change at the Plum Island Ecosystems site, using a data set included with the package. It is envisaged that lulcc will enable future model development and comparison within an open environment. AU - Moulds,S AU - Buytaert,W AU - Mijic,A DO - 10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015 EP - 3229 PY - 2015/// SN - 1991-9603 SP - 3215 TI - An open and extensible framework for spatially explicit land use change modelling: the lulcc R package T2 - Geoscientific Model Development UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41199 VL - 8 ER -
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