Mazzega, Pierre and Sibertin-Blanc, Christophe
and Thérond, Olivier
Consideration of decision-making processes in agent-based models of social-ecological systems.
(2017)
In: 8th International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs 2016), 10 July 2016 - 14 July 2016 (Toulouse, France).
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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.
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