Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: chitwanabm
Version: 1.5
Summary: An agent-based model of the Chitwan Valley, Nepal
Home-page: http://rohan.sdsu.edu/~zvoleff/research/chitwanabm
Author: Alex Zvoleff
Author-email: azvoleff@mail.sdsu.edu
License: GPL v3 or later
Description: Model Description
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        chitwanabm is an agent-based model of the Western Chitwan Valley, Nepal.  The 
        model represents a subset of the population of the Valley using a number of 
        agent types (person, household and neighborhood agents), environmental 
        variables (topography, land use and land cover) and social context variables.
        
        Construction of the model is supported as part of an ongoing National Science 
        Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF PIRE) 
        project `(grant OISE 0729709) <http://pire.psc.isr.umich.edu>`_ investigating 
        human-environment interactions in the Western Chitwan Valley. Development of 
        the model is in progress, and model documentation is still incomplete.
        
        See the `chitwanabm website 
        <http://rohan.sdsu.edu/~zvoleff/research/chitwanabm>`_ for more information, 
        past releases, publications, and recent presentations.
        
        .. note:: The model requires restricted access survey data from the
            Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) to run. See the  `Interuniversity 
            Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) page on the CVFS 
            <http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04538>`_ for more information.
        
        Getting the Code
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        Stable releases of chitwanabm are available from the `Python Package Index 
        (PyPI) <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/chitwanabm>`_.
        
        The latest version of the code (unstable) is available as a `zipped snapshot 
        from Github <https://github.com/azvoleff/chitwanabm/zipball/master>`_.
        
        You can also `browse the source at GitHub 
        <https://github.com/azvoleff/chitwanabm>`_.
        
        The source can also be downloaded via git from::
        
            git://github.com/azvoleff/chitwanabm.git
        
        Author Contact Information
        _______________________________________________________________________________
        
        | Alex Zvoleff
        | SDSU/UCSB Joint Doctoral Candidate
        | Department of Geography
        | San Diego State University
        | 5500 Campanile Dr.
        | San Diego, CA 92182-4493
        | Email: azvoleff@mail.sdsu.edu
        
        References
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        The chitwanabm is based off of extensive work done as a part of the Chitwan 
        Valley Family Study. The Chitwan Valley Family Study dataset can be cited 
        as:
        
        Axinn, William G., Arland Thornton, Jennifer S. Barber, Susan A.  Murphy, 
        Dirgha Ghimire, Thomas Fricke, Stephen Matthews, Dharma Dangol, Lisa Pearce, 
        Ann Biddlecom, Sundar Shrestha, and Douglas Massey.  Chitwan Valley [Nepal] 
        Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation [Computer file].  
        ICPSR04538-v7. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and 
        Social Research [distributor], 2011-09-06.
        
        The parameterizations used in the model are based in part off of the works 
        listed below:
        
        - Axinn, W. G., and D. J. Ghimire. 2011. Social Organization, Population, and 
          Land Use. American Journal of Sociology 117 (1).
        - Biddlecom, A. E.; Axinn, W. G. & Barber, J. S. (2005), 'Environmental Effects 
          on Family Size Preferences and Subsequent Reproductive Behavior in Nepal', 
          Population & Environment 26(3), 583-621.
        - Ghimire, D. & Mohai, P. (2005), 'Environmentalism and Contraceptive Use: How 
          people in less developed settings approach environmental issues', Population 
          & Environment 27(1), 29-61.
        - Ghimire, D. J., and W. G. Axinn. 2010. Community context, land use, and first 
          birth. Rural Sociology 75 (3):478-513.
        - Ghimire, D. J. & Hoelter, L. F. (2007), 'Land use and first birth timing in 
          an agricultural setting', Population & Environment 28, 289-320.
        - Massey, D. S., W. G. Axinn, and D. J. Ghimire. 2010. Environmental change and 
          out-migration: evidence from Nepal. Population and Environment. 
        - Yabiku, S. (2006), 'Land Use and Marriage Timing in Nepal', Population & 
          Environment 27(5), 445-461.
        - Yabiku, S. (2006), 'Neighbors and neighborhoods: effects on marriage timing', 
          Population Research and Policy Review 25(4), 305-327.
        
Keywords: agent-based modeling ABM simulation model
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Life
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
