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Simulations of Forest Fires by Cellular Automata Modelling

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Forest fires represent a serious environmental problem, whose negative impact is becoming day by day more worrisome.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, 87036, Rende, Italy

    Erminia Bendicenti, Salvatore Di Gregorio & Angela Iezzi

  2. Comando Provinciale Vigili del Fuoco CS, Viale Repubblica 56, 87100, Cosenza, Italy

    Francesco M. Falbo

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  1. Italian Systems Society, Milan, Italy

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  2. University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Eliano Pessa

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Bendicenti, E., Di Gregorio, S., Falbo, F.M., Iezzi, A. (2002). Simulations of Forest Fires by Cellular Automata Modelling. In: Minati, G., Pessa, E. (eds) Emergence in Complex, Cognitive, Social, and Biological Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0753-6_3

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