Measuring solidarity in agent-based models of resource sharing situations

Authored by Olivier Barreteau, Pieter W. G. Bots, Geraldine Abrami

Date Published: 2008-04

DOI: 10.1142/s0219525908001660

Sponsors: No sponsors listed

Platforms: Delphi

Model Documentation: Other Narrative

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Abstract

In this paper we present a first attempt to represent the social behavior of actors in a resource sharing context in such a way that different forms of solidarity can be detected and measured. We expect that constructing agent-based models of water-related interactions at the interface of urban and rural areas, and running social simulations to study the occurrence and consequences of solidary behavior, will produce insights that may eventually contribute to water and land resource management practice. We propose a typology for solidary behavior, present the agent-based architecture that we are using, show some illustrative results, and formulate some questions that will guide our future work.

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Social simulation typology concern solidarity utility value