Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems

Agent-based modelling has become an important tool to investigate socio-ecological processes. Its use is partially driven by increasing demand from decision makers to provide support for understanding the potential implications of decisions in complex situations. While one of the advantages of agent...

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Autores principales: Smajgl, A., Brown, D.G., Valbuena, Diego, Huigen, M.G.A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3321
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author Smajgl, A.
Brown, D.G.
Valbuena, Diego
Huigen, M.G.A.
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description Agent-based modelling has become an important tool to investigate socio-ecological processes. Its use is partially driven by increasing demand from decision makers to provide support for understanding the potential implications of decisions in complex situations. While one of the advantages of agent-based modelling is the ability to simulate the implications of human decision-making processes explicitly, methods for providing empirical support for the representation of the behaviour of human agents have not been structured systematically. This paper develops a framework for the parameterisation of human behaviour in agent-based models and develops twelve distinct sequences for the characterisation and parameterisation of human behaviours. Examples are provided to illustrate the most important sequences. This framework is a first step towards a guide for parameterisation of human behaviour in ABM. A structured discussion within the agent-based community is needed to achieve a more definitive guideline.
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spelling CGSpace33212025-06-13T04:20:12Z Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems Smajgl, A. Brown, D.G. Valbuena, Diego Huigen, M.G.A. ecology biodiversity models environmental engineering software Agent-based modelling has become an important tool to investigate socio-ecological processes. Its use is partially driven by increasing demand from decision makers to provide support for understanding the potential implications of decisions in complex situations. While one of the advantages of agent-based modelling is the ability to simulate the implications of human decision-making processes explicitly, methods for providing empirical support for the representation of the behaviour of human agents have not been structured systematically. This paper develops a framework for the parameterisation of human behaviour in agent-based models and develops twelve distinct sequences for the characterisation and parameterisation of human behaviours. Examples are provided to illustrate the most important sequences. This framework is a first step towards a guide for parameterisation of human behaviour in ABM. A structured discussion within the agent-based community is needed to achieve a more definitive guideline. 2011-07 2011-03-20T07:06:47Z 2011-03-20T07:06:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3321 en Limited Access Elsevier Smajgl, A., Brown, D.G., Valbuena, D. and Huigen, M.G.A. 2011. Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems. Environmental Modelling & Software 26 (7): 837 - 844
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title Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems
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title_short Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems
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biodiversity
models
environmental engineering
software
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