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Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection (PAAMS 2015)

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This paper showcases examples for surprising emergent phenomena from agent-based models developed to support sustainability-focused decision making. Based on these experiences, ten guiding principles are proposed to minimize the risk of redundancy and inefficacy of agent-based modeling due to the widening gap between scientific endeavors and policy deliberations. These guiding principles are not meant to constitute a comprehensive list but to trigger a debate aiming for a continuous improvement of recommendations for applied agent-based modeling in sustainability related policy contexts.

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  1. Bangkok-based Mekong Futures Research Institute (MERFI), Bangkok, Thailand

    Alex Smajgl

  2. CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences and Climate Adaptation, University Drive, Townsville, 4810, Australia

    Alex Smajgl

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France

    Yves Demazeau

  2. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

    Keith S. Decker

  3. Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain

    Javier Bajo Pérez

  4. Department of Computing Science, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando de la Prieta

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Smajgl, A. (2015). Simulating Sustainability: Guiding Principles to Ensure Policy Impact. In: Demazeau, Y., Decker, K., Bajo Pérez, J., de la Prieta, F. (eds) Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9086. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18944-4_1

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