Simulations predict the break-down of Central European lynx populations
We congratulate co-author Jonas Schultze-Naumburg, member of the Spatial Simulation research group, on his brand-new paper in the journal Biological Conservation! By the means of a spatially explicit simulation model the paper helps to understand the [...]
Research retreat: Spatial Simulation goes GitHub
Last Friday, the Z_GIS Spatial Simulation group had its first research retreat. The iDEAS:lab was a perfect location to achieve the goal of the day: to set aside our daily tasks and fully concentrate on [...]
Outstanding reviewer award 2017
Outstanding Reviewer Award 2017 - Ecological Modelling Just learned about my "outstanding reviewer" recognition by Elsevier for my reviews in the journal Ecological Modelling last year. A nice reward for one's anonymous contribution [...]
Winter School 2018
model speed dating How much can you learn and achieve in only 10 days that you dedicate to one new thing? The answer is: a tremendous lot! In the beginning, each of the [...]
Documenting agent-based models with BPMN
Agent-based models (ABM) are often documented with the ODD-protocol, which gives a suitable framework. This framework lacks a formal documentation of the model itself, which is normally written in a simulation environment like e.g. NetLogo, [...]
Spatial Simulation @gi_forum2018
The call for papers for the Special Session on "Spatial Simulation" at next year's GI_Forum Conference 3-6 July 2018 in Salzburg has just opened. The Special Session focuses on the advances in process-oriented geocomputational methods as [...]