A Further Step Towards Participatory Modelling. Fostering Stakeholder Involvement in Designing Models by Using Executable UML
Autor: | Francisco Dieguez, Danilo Bartaburu, Emilio Duarte, Pierre Bommel, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena, Hermes Morales Grosskopf, Marcelo Pereira Machín, Jorge Corral, Esteban Montes |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Process management
Méthodologie Agriculteur Computer science P40 - Météorologie et climatologie Activity diagram Participative Modeling Collaborative Modeling Executable UML Activity Diagram Interpretation Rangeland Management Livestock Phase (combat) Sécheresse Rangeland management Order (exchange) Executable UML Computer Science (miscellaneous) Operations management Aéronef L02 - Alimentation animale Bovin Élevage extensif L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales Stakeholder Pâturages Participation General Social Sciences Citizen journalism Modèle de simulation Apprentissage Futures studies Imagerie approches participatives Conduite des herbages U30 - Méthodes de recherche système d'aide à la décision |
Zdroj: | Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation Scopus-Elsevier |
Popis: | This paper focuses on the collective design and immediate execution of an agent-based model (ABM) by dynamically interpreting the activity diagrams of agent behaviours. To reach this objective, we have implemented an ABM of livestock producers facing drought conditions in Uruguay. The first step consists in implementing a standard ABM with pasture growth, herd dynamics and simple agents roughly imitating farmers’ strategies. The second step is more participative since it consists in assessing the model with the real cattle farmers. As with most modelling processes, this evaluation phase requires feedback on model design. In order to make this assessment more lively and efficient, we have conceived a tool for drawing diagrams that can be immediately interpreted by the agents. Thanks to this new editor, the actors have quickly understood how the model worked and were able to criticize and modify it. Thus, this innovative modelling tool enables the involvement of stakeholders in co-designing ABM for participatory foresight studies. We hope it will facilitate the emergence of new and more efficient practices for farm management that can account for climate changes. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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