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Moira Zellner
Researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago
Publications - 49
Citations - 2248
Moira Zellner is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Participatory modeling & Urban planning. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 47 publications receiving 1774 citations. Previous affiliations of Moira Zellner include University of Michigan.
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Path dependence and the validation of agent-based spatial models of land use
TL;DR: Two distinct notions of accuracy of land‐use models are identified and a tension between them is highlighted: the invariant region, i.e., the area where land‐ use type is almost certain, and thus path independent; and the variant region, which is the areaWhere land use depends on a particular series of events, and is thus path dependent.
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Tools and methods in participatory modeling: Selecting the right tool for the job
Alexey Voinov,Alexey Voinov,Karen E. Jenni,Steven Gray,Nagesh Kolagani,Pierre D. Glynn,Pierre Bommel,Christina Prell,Moira Zellner,Michael Paolisso,Rebecca Jordan,Eleanor J. Sterling,Laura Schmitt Olabisi,Philippe J. Giabbanelli,Zhanli Sun,Christophe Le Page,Sondoss Elsawah,Todd K. BenDor,Klaus Hubacek,Klaus Hubacek,Klaus Hubacek,Bethany K. Laursen,Antoine J. Jetter,Laura Basco-Carrera,Laura Basco-Carrera,Alison Singer,Laura C. Young,Jessica Brunacini,Alex Smajgl +28 more
TL;DR: Putting more thought into the method selection process and choosing the most appropriate method for the project can produce better results, according to expert opinion and a survey of modelers engaged in participatory processes.
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Big Data and Urban Informatics: Innovations and Challenges to Urban Planning and Knowledge Discovery
TL;DR: The objective of this background paper is to describe emerging sources of Big Data, their use in urban research, and the challenges that arise with their use.
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Exurbia from the bottom-up: Confronting empirical challenges to characterizing a complex system
Daniel G. Brown,Derek T. Robinson,Li An,Joan Iverson Nassauer,Moira Zellner,Moira Zellner,William Rand,William Rand,Rick Riolo,Scott E. Page,Bobbi S. Low,Zhifang Wang +11 more
TL;DR: Empirical results from a multi-disciplinary project that support modeling complex processes of land-use and land-cover change in exurban parts of Southeastern Michigan point to the importance of collecting data on agents and their interactions when producing agent-based models.
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Eight grand challenges in socio-environmental systems modeling
Sondoss Elsawah,Tatiana Filatova,Anthony Jakeman,Albert J. Kettner,Moira Zellner,Ioannis N. Athanasiadis,Serena H. Hamilton,Robert L. Axtell,Daniel G. Brown,Jonathan M. Gilligan,Marco A. Janssen,Derek T. Robinson,Julie Rozenberg,Isaac I. T. Ullah,Steven J. Lade +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and formulate grand challenges that need to be overcome to accelerate the development and adaptation of Socio-environmental Systems (SES) modeling, including bridging epistemologies across disciplines, multi-dimensional uncertainty assessment and management; scales and scaling issues; combining qualitative and quantitative methods and data; furthering the adoption and impacts of SES modeling on policy; capturing structural changes; representing human dimensions in SES; and leveraging new data types and sources.