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A Probabilistic Forest Fire Model

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This simple model uses probabilities to simulate the spread of a forest fire. At each step, the trees on fire have a chance of either staying on fire or going out and the trees around a fire have a chance of igniting or not.

Contributed by: Rob Morris (March 2011)
Additional Contributions by: Carl Woll and Lou D'Andria
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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