Grand
Canyon River Trip Simulator
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A
computer model used as a Grand Canyon river management
tool.
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The
Grand Canyon River Trip Simulator is a computer simulation
that models complex, dynamic human-environment interactions.
The Grand Canyon River Trip Simulator is the result of a collaboration
between the National Park Service, the Department of Mathematics
and Statistics at Northern Arizona University and School of
Natural and Renewable Resources at the University of Arizona.
The model has been evaluated against existing and new river
trip data. This intelligent agent-based spatial computer simulation
system is now being used by the National Park Service as a
management tool. The simulation informs the Park as to the
likely impact of various alternative management scenarios
for rafting trips on the Colorado River.
Click
here to visit the Grand
Canyon River Trip Simulator website for information about
how to obtain a copy of the program, for a description of
the project's development, to download publications regarding
the simulator, and to access the online help manual.
