Cormas training course

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First Course in Khon Kaen

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS),

Social Sciences and

Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM)

Trainers

Four researchers are the trainers in this course: F. Bousquet (CIRAD-IRRI), G. Trebuil (CIRAD-IRRI), C. Le Page (CIRAD) and Stanislas Boissau (Wageningen University and Reseach Center). N. Bécu (Cemagref) gave a lecture on his Asian application.

Report on the training is available

Organizers

1. Dr. Chaicharn Wongsamun ( University of Khon Kaen, Faculty of Agriculture)
2. F. Bousquet (CIRAD-IRRI)

Course Objectives

1. To introduce multi-agents systems (MAS) and review the state of the art in applying MAS to several key scientific disciplines, with an emphasis on INRM issues;
2. To enable participants to develop their own simple MAS application by constructing and operating a MAS on a topic of their choice;
3. To identify future opportunities for developing the use and application of the MAS approach to key NRM issues in the region.

Training materials

Each trainee and observer received three documents:

(i) Handouts: a volume presenting all the ppt slides used by the trainers - 147 p. 440 slides

(ii) Smalltalk and Cormas: a tutorial on this simulation platform - 82 p.

(iii) Texts: a volume comprising 9 selected reference papers on multi-agents systems, two lists of key references on MAS and complexity and on the use of the Cormas modelling platform.

Schedule

slides available soon

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