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Paper
PP0337-13
TitleValidating human decision making in an agent-based land-use model
AuthorGrace B.Villamor, Klaus G. Troitzsch and Meine van Noordwijk
Year2013
Parent Title20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide, Australia, 1–6 December 2013
PublisherModelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc
City of PublicationAdelaide, Australia
Pages2110-2116
Call NumberPP0337-13
KeywordsLand-use change; validation; human decision making; stakeholder participation; critical multiplism
Abstract:
Validation of agents’ decision making is one of the central epistemological problems in empirical agent-based model (ABM) simulations. This paper focuses on the need for reliable decisionmaking models for land change science with direct relevance to modelling human-environmental systems for policy implications and natural resources management. This paper presents a set of key issues or caveats that affect the validation. At the same time, we present alternatives by providing examples of a more stakeholdercentric way of parameterizing human behaviour and decision making, and a case study is described in the light of critical multiplism.
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