Keywords
ocial-Ecological Systems, agent-based modeling, anthropogenic process, decisionmaking process, purposive / generative model, macro / meso / micro processes, functional explanation
Location
Session D6: The Importance of Human Decision Making in Agent-Based Models of Natural Resource Use
Start Date
11-7-2016 2:50 PM
End Date
11-7-2016 3:10 PM
Abstract
The potential of Agent-Based Modeling is now well-established to address natural resource management and policy issues in social-ecological systems where a number of biophysical and anthropic processes interact. The selection of anthropic processes to be considered in a model according to the research question is not easy, due to modelers' difficulty to objectify and identify these processes. The paper proposes some criteria to identify anthropic processes, decide which ones to discard or retain and how to implement the latter. It is illustrated by the analysis of the governance sub-model of the MAELIA platform dedicated to the integrated assessment and simulation of water use and water management policy, in a context of land use / land cover and climate changes.
Included in
Civil Engineering Commons, Data Storage Systems Commons, Environmental Engineering Commons, Hydraulic Engineering Commons, Other Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons
Consideration of Decision-Making Processes in Agent-Based Models of Social-Ecological Systems
Session D6: The Importance of Human Decision Making in Agent-Based Models of Natural Resource Use
The potential of Agent-Based Modeling is now well-established to address natural resource management and policy issues in social-ecological systems where a number of biophysical and anthropic processes interact. The selection of anthropic processes to be considered in a model according to the research question is not easy, due to modelers' difficulty to objectify and identify these processes. The paper proposes some criteria to identify anthropic processes, decide which ones to discard or retain and how to implement the latter. It is illustrated by the analysis of the governance sub-model of the MAELIA platform dedicated to the integrated assessment and simulation of water use and water management policy, in a context of land use / land cover and climate changes.
