current as of March 2008
In Press. Zellner, M.L. , Page, S.E., Rand , W., Brown, D.G., Robinson, D.T ., Nassauer, J., and Low, B. The emergence of zoning policy games in exurban jurisdictions: Informing collective action theory. Land Use Policy . [pdf]
2008. Jiang, L., Bergen, K.M., Brown, D.G., Zhao, T., Tian, Q., Qi, S., Land-cover change and vulnerability to flooding near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China . Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74(6). forthcoming. [pdf]
2008. Bergen, K.M., Zhao, T., Kharuk, V., Blam, Y., Brown, D.G. Peterson, L., Miller, N. Changing regimes: Forested land-cover dynamics in Central Siberia 1974-2001. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74(6). forthcoming. [pdf]
2008. An, L. and Brown, D.G. Survival analysis in land-change science: Integrating with GIS and remote sensing in Southeastern Michigan. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98(2). 323-344. [pdf]
2008. Polhill, J.G., Parker, D.C., Brown, D.G., and Grimm, V. Using the ODD protocol for describing three agent-based social simulation models of land use change. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation , 11(2):3. [URL]
2008. Brown, D.G., Robinson, D.T ., An, L ., Nassauer, J.I., Zellner, M ., Rand , W., Riolo, R., Page, S.E., and Low, B. Exurbia from the bottom-up: Confronting empirical challenges to characterizing complex systems. GeoForum, 39(2):805-818. [pdf]
2008. Auchincloss AH, Diez Roux AV, Brown DG, Erdmann CA, Bertoni AG. Associations between insulin resistance and resources for physical activity and healthy foods in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Epidemiology, 19(1):146-157. [pdf]
2007. Taylor , J.J., Brown, D.G., Larsen, L.S. Preserving natural features: A GIS-based evaluation of a local open-space ordinance. Landscape and Urban Planning, 82(1-2): 1-16. [pdf]
2007. Zhao, T. , Brown, D.G., and Bergen , K.M. Increasing gross primary production (GPP) in the urbanizing landscape of Southeastern Michigan . Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing , 73(10): 1159-1168. [pdf]
2007. Auchincloss, A., Diez-Roux, A., Brown, D.G., and Erdmann, C. Filling the gaps: Methods for spatial interpolation of residential survey questionnaire data. Epidemiology , 18(4): 469-478. [pdf]
2007. Robinson, D.T. , Brown, D.G., Parker, D.C., Schreinemachers, P., Janssen, M.A., Huigen, M., Wittmer, H., Gotts, N., Promburom, P. Irwin, E., Berger, T., Gatzweiler, F., and Barnaud, C. Comparison of empirical methods for building agent-based models of land and resource use. Journal of Land Use Science, 2(1):31-55. [pdf]
2007. Xie, Y. and Brown, D.G. Simulation in spatial analysis and modeling. Computers Environment and Urban Systems , 31(3): 229-231. [pdf]
2007. Burnicki, A.C., Brown, D.G., and Goovaerts, P. Simulating error propagation in land-cover change analysis: The implications of temporal dependence. Computers Environment and Urban Systems , 31(3):282-302. [pdf]
2007. Duh, J-D. and Brown, D.G. Knowledge-informed Pareto simulated annealing for multi-objective spatial allocation. Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 31(3): 253-281. [pdf]
2007. Bergen, K.M., Gilboy, A.M ., and Brown, D.G. Multi-dimensional vegetation structure in modeling avian habitat. Ecological Informatics, 2: 9-22. [pdf]
2007. Diez-Roux, A.V., Evenson, K., McGinn, A., Brown, D.G., Moore , L., Brines, S.J., Jacobs, D. Density of recreational resources and physical activity in a sample of adults. American Journal of Public Health , 97(3):493-499. [pdf]
2007. Auchincloss, A.H., Diez Roux, A.V., Brown, D.G., O'Meara, E.S., Raghunathan, T.E. Insulin resistance is positively associated with area poverty and distance to wealthy areas: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 165: 389-397 . [pdf]
2006. Brown, D.G. and Xie, Y. Guest Editorial, Special Issue: Spatial Agent-based Modeling. International Journal of Geographical Information Science , 20(9): 941-943. [pdf]
2006. Brown, D.G., Aspinall, R., and Bennett, D.A. Landscape models and explanation in landscape ecology - A space for generative landscape science? Professional Geographer, 58(4): 369-382. [pdf]
2006. Brown, D.G. and Robinson, D.T. Effects of heterogeneity in residential preferences on an
agent-based model of urban sprawl. Ecology
and Society, 11(1): 46. [URL]
2006. Brown, D.G. Agent-based models.
In H. Geist, Ed. The Earth's
Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change.
2005. Brown, D.G., Johnson, K.M.,
2005. Hansen, A.J., and Brown, D.G. Guest Editorial: Land-Use Change in
Rural
2005. Brown, D.G., Riolo, R.L., Robinson, D., North, M., and Rand, W.
Spatial process and data models: Toward integration of agent-based models and
GIS. Journal of Geographical Systems, 7(1): 1-23. [pdf]
2005. Brown, D.G., Page, S.E., Riolo, R., Zellner, M., and
2005. Bergen, K.M., Brown, D.G., Rutherford, J.F., Gustafson, E.J. Change detection with heterogeneous data using ecoregional stratification, statistical summaries and a land allocation algorithm. Remote Sensing of Environment, 97: 434-446. [pdf]
2005. Fernandez, L., Brown, D.G., Marans, R, and Nassauer, J. Characterizing location preferences in an exurban population: Implications for agent based modeling. Environment and Planning B, 32(6): 799-820. [pdf]
2005. Geddes, C., Brown, D.G., and Fagre, D.B.
Topography and vegetation as predictors of snow water equivalent (SWE)
across the alpine treeline ecotone at
2004. Lam, N., Catts, D., Quattrochi, D., Brown, D., and McMaster, R.
Chapter 4: Scale. In R.B. McMaster and E.L. Usery, Eds. A Research Agenda
for Geographic Information Science.
2004. Brown, D.G., Page, S.E., Riolo, R.L., and
2004. Brown, D.G. and Duh, J.-D. Using spatial simulation to translate between land use and land cover. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 18(1): 35-60. [pdf]
2004. Cifaldi, R., Allan, J.D., Duh, J.D., and Brown, D.G.
Spatial patterns in land cover of exurbanizing watersheds in
2004. Brown, D.G., Elmes, G., Kemp, K.K. Macey, S., and Mark, D. Geographic
Information Systems. In G. Gaile and C.J. Willmott, eds. Geography
in
2004. Brown, D.G. Land-use and land-cover trends in the
2004. Brown, D.G.,
2004. Brown, D.G., Addink, E.A., Duh, J.D., and Bowersox,
M.A. Assessing uncertainty in spatial landscape metrics derived from
remote sensing data. In Lunetta, R.,
2003. Brown,
2003. Rand, W., Brown, D. G., Page, S. E., Riolo, R., Fernandez, L. E., Zellner, M. Statistical validation of spatial patterns in agent-based models. Proceedings of Agent Based Simulation 2003, Montpellier, France. [pdf]
2003. Walsh, S.J., Bian, L., McKnight, S., Brown, D.G., and Hammer, E.S. Solifluction steps and risers, Lee Ridge, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: A scale and pattern analysis. Geomorphology, 55(1-4): 381-398. [pdf]
2002. Drzyzga, S.A. and Brown, D.G. Spatial and temporal dynamics of ownership parcels and forest cover in three counties of Northern Lower Michigan USA, ca. 1970 to 1990. In S.J. Walsh and K.A. Crews-Meyer, Eds., Linking People, Place, and Policy: A GIScience Approach, Dordrecht: Kluwer, p. 155-185. [pdf]
2002. Rand, W., Zellner, M., Page, S. E., Riolo, R., Brown, D. G., Fernandez, L. E. The complex interaction of agents and environments: An example in urban sprawl. Proceedings of Agent 2002, Social Agents: Ecology, Exchange and Evolution. Chicago, IL. [pdf]
2002. Brown, D.G. Page, S.E. Riolo, R., Rand, W. Modeling the effects of greenbelts at the urban-rural fringe Proceedings of International Environmental Modeling and Software Society, Lugano, Switzerland, June 2002. [pdf]
2002. Pijanowski, B.C., Brown, D.G., Shellito, B.A., and Manik, G.A. Using neural nets and GIS to forecast land use changes: a land transformation model. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 26(6): 553-575. [pdf]
2002. Brown, D.G., Goovaerts, P., Burnicki, A., Li, M.Y. Stochastic simulation of land-cover change using geostatistics and generalized additive models. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 68(10):1051-1061. [pdf]
2001. Bowersox, M.A. and Brown, D.G. Measuring the abruptness of patchy ecotones: a simulation-based comparison of patch and edge metrics. Plant Ecology, 156(1), 89-103. [pdf]
2001. Brown, D.G. Characterizing the human imprint on landscapes for environmental assessment. In Jensen, M., Bourgeron, P. and others, Eds. A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments. New York: Springer-Verlag. [pdf]
2001. Brown, D.G. A spectral unmixing approach to leaf area index (LAI) estimation at the alpine treeline ecotone. In A. Millington, S.J. Walsh and P. Osborne, Eds., GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Biogeography and Ecology, Dordrecht: Kluwer, pp. 7-21. [pdf]
2000. Brown, D.G., Pijanowski, B.C., and Duh, J.-D. Modeling the relationships between land-use and land-cover on private lands in the Upper Midwest, USA. Journal of Environmental Management, 59, 247-263. [pdf]
2000. Brown, D.G., Duh, J.D., and Drzyzga, S. Estimating error in an analysis of forest fragmentation change using North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) Data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 71: 106-117. [pdf]
2000. Fried, J.S., Brown, D.G., Zweifler, M.O., and Gold, M.A. Mapping contributing areas for stormwater discharge to streams using terrain analysis. J.P. Wilson and J. Gallant, Eds. Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications. New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 183-203. [pdf]
2000. Brown, D.G., Jacquez, G.M., Duh, J.-D., Maruca, S. Accuracy of remotely sensed estimates of landscape change using patch- and edge-based pattern statistics. In M.J.P.M. Lemmens, G. Heuvelink et al., Eds., Spatial Accuracy 2000, Delft University Press, Amsterdam: 75-82. [pdf]
1999. Brown, D.G., and Arbogast, A.F. Digital photogrammetric change analysis applied to active coastal dunes in Michigan. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 65(4): 467-474. [pdf]
1998. Brown, D.G., Lusch, D.P., and Duda, K.A. Supervised classification of glaciated landscape types using digital elevation data. Geomorphology, 21(3-4):233-250. [pdf]
1998. Brown, D.G. Classification and boundary vagueness in mapping presettlement forest types. International Journal of Geographical Information Science,12(2): 105-129. [pdf]
1998. Brown, D.G. Mapping historical forest types in Baraga County, Michigan as fuzzy sets. Plant Ecology, 134(1): 97-111. [pdf]