The quality of ecosystems is affected by the actions of different
stakeholders who use them in a variety of ways. In order to
understand this complex relationship between humans and nature, it
is vital to understand the complexity of the interacting agents.
The authors in this book attempt to do this by applying multi-agent
systems to the problems of ecosystem management. The multi-agent
approach to ecosystem management is a relatively new and rapidly
developing field which takes a formal computational approach
towards the interaction of humans with their environment. The
authors highlight some of the promising new methodologies which are
emerging in the field from disciplines such as computer science and
computational social science. They move on to address a number of
important topics including diffusion processes, common-pool
resources, land use change and the participatory use of models, in
an attempt to solve contemporary management issues. They clearly
demonstrate the potential utility of multi-agent systems in the
context of theoretical problems and practical case studies. This
book provides a state-of-the-art review of the theory and
application of multi-agent systems for ecosystem management. It
will prove indispensable for ecological economists, natural
resource and social scientists, and policymakers. It will also
appeal to students and scholars who are interested in modelling the
human dimensions of global environmental change.
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