TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying Emergent Agent Types and Effective Practices for Portability, Scalability, and Intercomparison in Water Resource Agent-Based Models
AU - Kaiser, Kendra E.
AU - Flores, Alejandro N.
AU - Hillis, Vicken
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Modeling coupled social and biophysical dynamics of water resources systems is increasingly important due to population growth and changes in the water cycle driven by climate change. Models that explicitly represent these coupled dynamics are challenging to design and implement, particularly given the complicated and cross-scale nature of water governance. Agent-based models (ABMs) can capture human decision-making and nested social hierarchies, however, transferability is made difficult by location-specific details. A consistent description of water resources decision-makers (individuals, groups, agencies) would advance the rate of model development and increase synthesis across systems. Reviewing water resources ABMs, we propose eight agent types and associated operational roles that modify the storage, redistribution, and water use in a system. Application of the proposed typologies and use of best practices in model documentation, will support systematic design and development of transferable, scalable, water resources ABMs and facilitate the dynamic coupling of social and biophysical process modeling.
AB - Modeling coupled social and biophysical dynamics of water resources systems is increasingly important due to population growth and changes in the water cycle driven by climate change. Models that explicitly represent these coupled dynamics are challenging to design and implement, particularly given the complicated and cross-scale nature of water governance. Agent-based models (ABMs) can capture human decision-making and nested social hierarchies, however, transferability is made difficult by location-specific details. A consistent description of water resources decision-makers (individuals, groups, agencies) would advance the rate of model development and increase synthesis across systems. Reviewing water resources ABMs, we propose eight agent types and associated operational roles that modify the storage, redistribution, and water use in a system. Application of the proposed typologies and use of best practices in model documentation, will support systematic design and development of transferable, scalable, water resources ABMs and facilitate the dynamic coupling of social and biophysical process modeling.
KW - Agent-based modeling
KW - Social-ecological systems
KW - Water resources
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UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/geo_facpubs/529
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104671
DO - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104671
M3 - Review article
SN - 1364-8152
VL - 127
JO - Environmental Modelling and Software
JF - Environmental Modelling and Software
M1 - 104671
ER -