A cellular automata model for forest fire spread prediction

dc.contributor.author	Αλεξανδρίδης, Αλέξανδρος Π.	el
dc.contributor.author	Βακάλης, Δημήτρης	el
dc.contributor.author	Σιέττος, Κωνσταντίνος Ι.	el
dc.contributor.author	Μπάφας, Γιώργος Β.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-04T11:42:07Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-04T11:42:07Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/15051
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.source	http://www.elsevier.com/	en
dc.subject	Cellular automata
dc.subject	Fire spread dynamics prediction
dc.subject	Forest wildfires
dc.subject	Geographical information systems
dc.subject	Heterogeneous landscapes
dc.subject	Spetsai Island (Greece)
dc.subject	Κυψελοειδή αυτόματα
dc.subject	Πρόβλεψη δυναμικής εξάπλωσης της πυρκαγιάς
dc.subject	Γεωγραφικά συστήματα πληροφοριών
dc.subject	Ετερογενή τοπία
dc.subject	Σπέτσες
dc.title	A cellular automata model for forest fire spread prediction	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	the case of the wildfire that swept through Spetses Island in 1990	en
heal.classification	Technology
heal.classification	Environmental technology
heal.classification	Τεχνολογία
heal.classification	Περιβαλλοντική τεχνολογία
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Περιβαλλοντική τεχνολογία
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heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002016
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2008.06.046
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.publicationDate	2008-10-01
heal.bibliographicCitation	ALEXANDRIDIS, A.P., VAKALIS, D., SIETTOS, C.I. & BAFAS, G.V. (2008). A cellular automata model for forest fire spread prediction: the case of the wildfire that swept through Spetses Island in 1990. Applied Mathematics and Computation. [online] 204 (1). p. 191-201. Available from: http://www.elsevier.com/[Accessed 26/06/2008]	en
heal.abstract	We present and illustrate the simulation results of a cellular automata model describing the dynamics of a forest fire spread on a mountainous landscape taking into account factors such as the type and density of vegetation, the wind speed and direction and the spotting phenomenon. The model is used to simulate the wildfire that broke up on Spetses in August of 1990 and destroyed a major part of the Island's forest. We used a black-box non-linear optimization approach to fine-tune some of the model's parameters based on a geographical information system incorporating available data from the real forest fire. The comparison between the simulation and the actual-observed results showed that the proposed model predicts in a quite adequate manner the evolution characteristics in space and time of the real incident and as such could be potentially used to develop a fire risk-management tool for heterogeneous landscapes.	en
heal.publisher	Elsevier	en
heal.journalName	Applied Mathematics and Computation	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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