The output statistics generated by LUCAS are available in two formats:
(1) a machine readable SAS statistical format file [11], and
(2) a series of graphs
for
various statistics collected each iteration that the user can select
from the GUI. The SAS file, using whitespace delimited ASCII text,
allows the user to import the results into a statistics program,
graphics package, or spreadsheet, and perform additional analyses
external to LUCAS. The graphs provide a visual representation of
the changes in certain variables as the landscape changes. Statistics
calculated by LUCAS for each land-cover type include:
