T. Stepinski

The kinetic Ising model encapsulates essential dynamics of land pattern change

The paper tests the kinetic Ising model's ability to simulate land pattern change dynamics across four sites, finding it matches observed patterns in layout, composition, and texture but has limitations in modeling certain features.

Information theory as a consistent framework for quantification and classification of landscape patterns

The paper demonstrates that information theory provides a consistent framework for quantifying, ordering, and classifying landscape patterns using information-theoretical metrics.