Peer-Reviewed Publications
Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou, N., Perez, L., & Henry, E. (2024). Evaluating environmental, weather, and management influences for sustainable beekeeping in California and Quebec: Enhancing beehive survival predictions. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 373, January 2025, 123783.
Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou, N., Perez, L., & Coallier, N. (2024). Mapping Crop Types for Beekeepers Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Image Time Series: Five Essential Crops in the Pollination Services. Remote Sensing, 16(22), 4225.
Perez L., Sengupta R. (2024). Big Data (R)evolution in Geography: Complexity Modelling in the Last Two Decades. Geography Compass, Volume 18, Issue 11.
Harati-Asl, S., Perez, L., and Molowny-Horas, R. (2024). Learning from conceptual models – a study of the emergence of cooperation towards resource protection in a social–ecological system. Geoscientific Model Development, 17, 7423–7443.
Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou , N., Perez, L. (2024). From data to harvest: Leveraging ensemble machine learning for enhanced crop yield predictions across Canada amidst climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 951, 175764.
Chu, H., Wu, J., Perez, L., & Huang, Y. (2024). Exploring Family Ties and Interpersonal Dynamics—A Geospatial Simulation Analyzing Their Influence on Evacuation Efficiency within Urban Communities. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 13(7), 258.
Perez, L., Cuellar, Y., Gibbons, J., Pinilla Matamala, E., Demers, S., & Capella, J. (2024). Mapping the Future: Revealing Habitat Preferences and Patterns of the Endangered Chilean Dolphin in Seno Skyring, Patagonia. Biology, 13(7), 514.
Seuru, S., Burke, A., & Perez, L. (2024). Evidence of an age and/or gender-based division of labor during the Last Glacial Maximum in Iberia through rabbit hunting. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 56, 104560.
Cuellar, Y., Perez, L. (2023). Multitemporal modeling and simulation of the complex dynamics in urban wetlands: the case of Bogota, Colombia, Scientific Reports, 13, 9374.
Cuellar, Y., Perez, L. (2023). Assessing the accuracy of sensitivity analysis: an application for a cellular automata model of Bogota’s urban wetland changes, Geocarto International, 38:1.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L. (2023). Flood susceptible prediction through the use of geospatial variables and machine learning methods. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 617, Part C.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L. (2022). Geocomputational Approach to Simulate and Understand the Spatial Dynamics of COVID-19 Spread in the City of Montreal, QC, Canada. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(12):596.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L. (2022). Spatial Prediction of Current and Future Flood Susceptibility: Examining the Implications of Changing Climates on Flood Susceptibility Using Machine Learning Models. Entropy, 24(11):1630.
Seuru, S., Burke, A., Perez, L., (2021). Réflexions sur la proportion du lapin de garenne (Oryctolagus cuniculus) dans le régime alimentaire des chasseurs-cueilleurs autour du Dernier Maximum Glaciaire en Ibérie. Trabajos De Prehistoria, 78(2), 221–236.
Katan, J. and Perez, L., (2021). ABWiSE v1.0: toward and agent-based approach to simulating wildfire spread. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 21, 3141–3160.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2021). Promoting the Emergence of Behavior Norms in a Principal–Agent Problem—An Agent-Based Modeling Approach Using Reinforcement Learning. Applied Sciences, 11 (18), 8368.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R. & Pontius, R. G., (2021). Validating models of one-way land change: an example case of forest insect disturbance. Landscape Ecology, 36, 2919-2935.
Patel J., Katan, J., Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2021). Transferring Decision Boundaries onto a Geographic Space: Agent-Rules Extracted from Movement Data using Classification Trees. Transactions in GIS, 25 (3), 1176-1192.
Gauvin-Bourdon, P., King, J., & Perez, L., (2021). Impacts of grazing on vegetation dynamics in a sediment transport complex model. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9 (1), 29-45.
Anderson, T., Leung, A., Perez, L., & Dragićević, S., (2021). Investigating the Effects of Panethnicity in Geospatial Models of Segregation. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 14, 273-295.
Anderson, T., Leung, A., Dragicevic, S., & Perez, L., (2021). Modeling the geospatial dynamics of residential segregation in three Canadian cities: An agent‐based approach. Transactions in GIS, 25(2), 948-967.
Harati, S., Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Integrating Neighborhood Effect and Supervised Machine Learning Techniques to Model and Simulate Forest Insect Outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada. Forests, 11(11), 1215.
de Oliveira Tiné, M., Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Modelagem das mudanças espaço-temporais de áreas úmidas: estudo de caso da Região Administrativa de Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Québec, Canadá. Revista Cartográfica, (101), 119-134.
Tiné, M., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2019). Fundamentos teóricos de modelagem em Sistemas Complexos. Revista Contexto Geográfico, v. 4, n. 7:111-120.
Perez L., Dragicevic S., Gaudreau J., (2019). A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. PLoS ONE, 14(7): e0219188.
Quesada-Ruiz, L. C., Perez, L. and Rodriguez-Galiano, V., (2019). Spatiotemporal analysis of the housing bubble's contribution to the proliferation of illegal landfills – The case of Gran Canaria. Science of the Total Environment, 687:104-117.
Tiné, M., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., Darveau, M.,(2019). Hybrid spatiotemporal simulation of future changes in open wetlands : A study of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Québec, Canada. International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 74, 302-313.
Gaudreau, J., Perez, L. and Harati, S., (2018). Towards modelling future trends of Quebec’s boreal birds’ species distribution under climate change. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7(9), 335.
Gaudreau, J., Perez, L. and Drapeau, P., (2016). BorealFireSim: A GIS-based Cellular Automata Model of Wildfires for the Boreal Forest of Quebec in a Climate Change Paradigm. Ecological Informatics, 32:12-27.
Perez, L. , Nelson, T.A., Coops, N.C., Fontana, F. and Drever, CR., (2016). Characterization of spatial relationships between three remotely sensed indirect indicators of biodiversity and climate: a 21years' data series review across the Canadian boreal forest. International Journal of Digital Earth, 9(7):676-696.
Gaudreau, J., Perez, L. , Legendre, P., (2015). Identification des variables expliquant la distribution spatiale d'oiseaux de la forêt boréale et modélisation de tendances futures: Une approche multivariée. CyberGeo, 2015:1181-1204.
Perez , L., Nelson, T.A., Bourbonnais, T. and Ostry, A., (2015). Modelling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in the Province of British Columbia. Energy and Environment Research, 5(1):49-62.
Nelson, T.A., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Perez, L., Fitterer, J., Powers, R. and Fontana, F., (2014). Predicting climate change impacts to the canadian boreal forest. Diversity, 6(1):133-157.
Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., White, R., (2013). Model Testing and Assessment: Perspectives from a Swarm Intelligence, Agent-based Model of Forest Insect Infestations. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 39:121-135.
Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., (2012). Landscape-level Simulation of Forest Insect Disturbance: Coupling Swarm Intelligent Agents with GIS-based Cellular Automata Model. Ecological Modelling, 231:53-64.
Perez, L., S. Dragicevic, 2011. ForestSimMPB: A Swarming Intelligence and Agent-based Modeling Approach for Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks. Ecological Informatics, 6(1):62-72.
Perez, L., S. Dragicevic. 2010. Exploring Forest Management Practices Using An Agent Based Model of Forest Insect Infestations. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software Modelling for Environment's Sake, iEMSS Fifth Biennial Meeting, Eds. Wayne, D. A. S, Yang, W. Voinov, A. A. Rizzoli, A. Filatova, T., Ottawa, Canada July 5-8.
Perez, L., S. Dragicevic, 2010. Modeling Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation with an Agent-based Approach for Two Spatial Scales. Environmental Modelling and Software, 25(2):223-236.
Perez, L., S. Dragicevic, 2009. An agent-based approach for modeling dynamics of contagious disease spread. International Journal of Health Geographics, 8:50.
Perez, L., J.A. Rivera, 2002. Geography and Environment: Perspectives of Analysis. Revista Perspectiva Geográfica, 7:30-37. Bogotá, Colombia.
Books
Perez L., L., Kim, E.-K., & Sengupta, R. (Eds.). (2018). Agent-Based Models and Complexity Science in the Age of Geospatial Big Data. Cham: Springer International Publishing (110 p.) (Link to the book)
Perez, L., 2001. Radarsat System: Methodological Proposal for the Implementation of the Radarsat System in the Curricular Program of Cadastre and Geodesy Engineering. Bogotá, Colombia. ISBN 958916093-X.
Book Chapters
Seuru, S., Perez, L., Burke, A. (2023). Why Were Rabbits Hunted in the Past? Insights from an Agent-Based Model of Human Diet Breadth in Iberia During the Last Glacial Maximum. In Modelling Human-Environment Interactions in and beyond Prehistoric Europe. Themes in Contemporary Archaeology. Springer, Cham, pp. 107–213. (Link to the chapter)
Hébert, G. A., Perez, L., & Harati, S. (2018). An Agent-Based Model to Identify Migration Pathways of Refugees: The Case of Syria. In Agent-Based Models and Complexity Science in the Age of Geospatial Big Data, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 45–58.
(Link to the chapter)
Communications
Harati, S., Perez, L., (2023). Geomatics for sustainable energy: towards a spatial model of industrial waste heat recovery for heating residential and commercial buildings in Montreal. Canadian Association of Geographers - 73rd Annual Meeting & Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 8-12.
Molowny-Horas, R., Harati, S., Perez, L., (2023). Evaluating Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms and Ensemble Models to Project Insect-Induced Forest Mortality. Canadian Association of Geographers - 73rd Annual Meeting & Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 8-12.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L., (2023). Flood susceptibility evaluation through ensemble machine learning models. Canadian Association of Geographers - 73rd Annual Meeting & Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 8-12.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L., (2023). Investigating the implications of environmental and ecological drivers of honeybees decline using the machine learning modeling approach. Canadian Association of Geographers - 73rd Annual Meeting & Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 8-12.
Harati, S., (2023). Vers le développement d'un modèle spatial de récupération de la chaleur résiduelle industrielle pour le chauffage des bâtiments résidentiels et commerciaux à Montréal. The 90th edition of the Acfas congress. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 11.
Boucherat, B., (2023). La science de la complexité : une boussole pour naviguer vers un monde décroissant. The 90th edition of the Acfas congress. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 11.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2023). Mapping unequal accessibility to habitat quality. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. March 25.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2022). Les inégalités de service écosystémique à Bogota - Caractérisation sociale des zones humides urbaines. Journée internationale des SIG 2022 - Université de Montréal, Canada. November 2022.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2022). Assessing the Impacts of Urban Wetlands Land Cover Changes on Water Provision Ecosystem Services-A geosimulation approach. The 69th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. November 9-12.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Lusignan, Y., St-Georges, S., Lusignan, V., (2022). Identification and analysis of change in a cartography of opinions: towards developing a tool for representing collective memory and its dynamics. Conference on Complex Systems, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. October 17-21.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L., (2022). Assessing flood susceptibility complex dynamics using machine learning. Conference on Complex Systems 2022, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. October 17-21.
Mahdizadeh, N., Perez, L., (2022). Coupling the soil conservation service curve number (SCS–CN) approach with a GIS-based cellular automata (CA) model to simulate rainfall-runoff. Conference on Complex Systems 2022, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. October 17-21.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2022). Modeling and Simulation of the Complex Dynamics in Urban Wetlands – The case of Bogota, Colombia. Conference on Complex Systems 2022. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. October 17-21.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2022). Complex Systems Modelling as an Approach for Decision Support in Promotion of Environmentally Responsible Behavior. International Geographers Union, Paris, France. July 18-22.
Harati, S., (2022) Encouraging Stakeholder Participation in Action for Sustainable Development: Insights from a Simulation Model. CREAF Talks, Barcelona, Spain. July 15.
Perez, L., Katan, J., Sengupta, R., (2022). A semi-adaptive navigation field algorithm to improve decision-making during building evacuation. International Geographers Union, Paris, France. July 18-22.
Perez, L., Katan, J., Ortiz, J., (2022). Challenges in crowd simulation modelling: patterns and scales. International Geographers Union, Paris, France. July 18-22.
Seuru, S., (2022). Et si les lapins ne nous avaient pas dit toute la vérité sur notre passé ? Présentation au concours institutionnel Ma Thèse en 180 secondes. Université de Montréal, Canada. March 25th.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2022). Sensitivity analysis and accuracy assessment of simulated land-use and land-cover changes using cellular automata: the case of Bogota’s urban wetland. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Online. February 25 -March 1.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2021). Le passé des zones humides de Bogota. Journée internationale des SIG 2021-Université de Montréal. Montreal, Canada. November 2021.
Seuru, S., (2021). Statut de la femme, des enfants et de l’homme dans les sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs au cours du Dernier Maximum Glaciaire en Ibérie : modélisation à base d’agents du régime alimentaire. Journée Internationale des Systèmes d’Information Géographique (SIG) 2021 – Université de Montréal. Montréal, Canada. November 19.
Seuru, S., Burke, A., Perez, L., (2021). Rethinking the importance of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the human diet during the Upper Palaeolithic in Iberia. 27th European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Annual meeting. Kiel, Germany. September 8-11.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R. & Pontius Jr, R. G., (2021). Validation of Irreversible Spatially-Spreading Land Change Models – an Example of Forest Insect Infestations. International Association of Landscape Ecologists - North America (IALE-NA) 2021. Online. April 12-16.
Cuellar, Y. A., Perez, L., (2021). Modeling, Simulation and Spatial Dynamics Analysis in Urban Wetlands by Cellular Automata: a Case Study of Bogota city, Colombia. International Association of Landscape Ecologists - North America (IALE-NA) 2021. Online. April 12-16.
Harati, S., Perez, L., & Molowny-Horas, R. & Pontius Jr, R. G., (2021). Use of proximity as a baseline for comparison in validating models of irreversible land change. American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2021. Online. April -9.
Patel J., Katan, J., Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2020). Transferring Decision Boundaries onto a Geographic Space: Agent-Rules Extracted from Movement Data using Classification Trees. IEEE VIS 2020 Workshop. Online. October 26th.
Quesada-Ruiz, L. C., Perez, L., Rodriguez-Galiano, V. and Aragones, D., (2020). Spatiotemporal analysis of the housing bubble's contribution to the proliferation of illegal landfills – The case of Gran Canaria. EGU General Assembly 2020. Online. May 4–8.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2020). Validation of a forest insect infestation model with the method of 3-map comparison at multiple resolutions. ESRI Canada Conference on GIS in Education and Research. Toronto, ON, Canada, March 4-5.
Katan, J., Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2020). Harnessing Chaos: Using agent-based modelling to study the effects of poor decision-making during building evacuation. ESRI Canada Conference on GIS in Education and Research. Toronto, ON, Canada, March 4-5.
Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., (2019). The role of language in urban segregation: an agent-based model of the spatial dynamics of immigrants in Montreal, Canada. ABMUS2019: The 4th International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Urban Systems, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 14.
Katan, J., Perez, L., (2019). An agent-based approach to modelling forest fire spread applied to northern Alberta. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C'.s, USA, April 3-7.
Jones, B., Perez, L., Sengupta, R., Patel, J., (2019). Extraction and implementation of movement rationales using Machine Learning and Agent-Based Models. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C'.s, USA, April 3-7.
Harati S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2019). Validating a cellular automata model of forest insect infestations using 3-map comparisons at multiple scales. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C'.s, USA, April 3-7.
Patel, J., Jones, B., Perez, L., Sengupta, R., (2019). Uncovering landscape desirability with classification trees. SKI 2019 - Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada, Banff, AB, Canada, February 21-24.
Sengupta, R., Perez, L., (2018). Big Data (r)evolution in ABM and Complexity Science. 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August 28-31.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2018). Simulation of Outbreaks of the Mountain Pine Beetle in British Columbia Using Cellular Automata - a Big Data Perspective. 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August 28-31.
Sauri-Ramirez J., Perez L., James P.M.A, (2018). Modeling the effect of climate change on the phenological synchronization between a defoliator and its host: an agent-based approach. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Guelph, ON, Canada, July 18 - July 21
Perez, L., Tiné, M., & Molowny-Horas, R., (2018). Understanding spatiotemporal changes of boreal wetlands in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada: a hybrid modelling approach. AAG Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, États-Unis, 10-14 avril.
Sauri-Ramirez J., Perez, L., James, P.M.A., (2018). Modélisation de l’effet du changement du climat sur la synchronisation phénologique entre un insecte défoliateur et son hôte: une approche à base d’agents. Forum Environnement 2018 de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 9 février. (Prix pour le meilleur affiche au Forum Environnement 2018-UdeM).
Sauri-Ramirez J., Perez, L., James, P.M.A., (2017). Modélisation de l’effet du changement du climat sur la synchronisation phénologique entre un insecte défoliateur et son hôte: une approche à base d’agents. Colloque du Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec (CSBQ), Montréal, QC, Canada, 11 à 13 décembre.
Tiné, M., Perez, L., Molowny, R. (2017). Using a cellular automata model to study the drivers of wetland changes in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Québec, Canada. QCBS Annual Symposium. Montreal, QC, Canada, December 11-13.
Sauri, J., James, P., Perez, L. (2017). Modélisation de l’effet du changement du climat sur la synchronisation phénologique entre un insecte défoliateur et son hôte: une approche à base d’agents Canada. QCBS Annual Symposium. Montreal, QC, Canada, December 11-13.yup
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2017). A novel approach to transition rule elicitation: the case of mountain pine beetle outbreaks simulation. CAG Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 29 to June 2.
Arnoux, G., Perez, L., (2017). An Agent-Based Model (ABM) to Identify Migration Corridors of Refugees: the case of Syria. CAG Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 29 to June 2.
Harati, S., Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., (2016). Agent-based simulation and analysis of formation of cooperation towards conservation of a forest ecosystem. QCBS Annual Symposium, Montreal, QC, Canada, December 15-16.
Tiné, M., Perez, L., Molowny, R. (2016). Les changements du territoire des milieux humides entre les 3e et 4e Inventaires Écoforestiers du Québec dans la région administrative de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue-QC. QCBS Annual Symposium. Montreal, QC, Canada, December 15-16.
Perez, L., Molowny-Horas, R., Harati, S., (2016). Modelling Forest Insect Outbreaks: Efforts Towards an Inverse Approach to Model Calibration. 8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (IEMSS), Toulouse, France, June 10-14.
Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., Gaudreau, J.*, (2016). Spatial segregation in the city: an agent-based approach to simulate immigrant communities' distribution in Montreal. AAG Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 29 to April 2.
Perez, L., Yarahmadi, A., (2016). Spatial Big Data for an Effective Use of Railways: the case of Iranian railway system. AAG Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 29 to April 2.
Perez, L., (2014). Development of Intelligent Environmental Decision Support Systems (IEDSS): The Strength of Collective Intelligence. Séminaire de l'axe d'écologie à l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada, September 17.
Perez, L., Dragicevic, S., White, R., (2014). Swarm Intelligent Agent-based Model Verification: A Case Study of Forest Insect Infestations. 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (IEMSS), San Diego, CA, USA, June 15-19.
Gaudreau, J., Perez L., (2014). Understanding the factors determining the spatial distribution of boreal birds in Quebec: a multivariate approach. CAG annual meeting, St.-Catharines, ON, Canada, May 26-30.
Gaudreau, J., Perez L., (2014). Modélisation de la distribution d’espèces de la forêt boréale en lien aux changements climatiques. Colloque annuel des étudiants et étudiantes en Sciences de l’Environnement de l’UQÀM, Montréal, QC, Canada, May 2.
Gaudreau, J., Perez L., (2013). Modeling Bird Migration Shifting in the Province of Quebec due to Climate Change: An Agent-based Approach. QCBS Annual Symposium, Montréal, QC, Canada, December 12-13.
Perez L., Nelson, T., Coops, N.C., Fontana F., (2013). Climate change scenarios within the context of biodiversity: forecasting the effects on the Canadian boreal forest. QCBS Annual Symposium, Montréal, QC, Canada. December 12-13.