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Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) as a calibration method for spatially-explicit Agent-Based Models (ABMs). ABMs simulate the behavior of individual agents in a given space, and calibration involves adjusting model parameters to match real-world data.
For more information, please visit the interactive data or read our publication.