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Subject: Fw: JOB VACANCY: Agent-based modelling at the Macaulay Institute
From: francois_bousquet (francois_bousquet@hotmail.com)
Date: mer aoû 29 2001 - 20:14:42 CEST
Subject: JOB VACANCY: Agent-based modelling at the Macaulay Institute
> ANNOUNCEMENT: Agent-based modelling job vacancy at the Macaulay
> Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland
> (Apologies for cross-postings.)
>
> A post-doctoral research assistant is required for a two and a half year
> contract as part of a multidisciplinary research project aimed at
> understanding the interactions of individual and collective interests in
> the context of the EU Water Framework Directive, potentially providing
> guidance to policy makers on possible implementation strategies. The
> postholder will take part in work on extending the FEARLUS (Framework
> for Evaluation and Assessment of Regional Land Use Scenarios)
> agent-based simulation modelling system, then take the lead in using
> FEARLUS to explore the dynamics of common pool resource dilemmas among
> agents with multi-dimensional and contextually variable utility
> functions.
>
> The postholder should ideally have experience of agent-based simulation
> modelling in the context of socio-economic or environmental management
> research. They should have, or expect shortly to obtain, a PhD involving
> research into agent-based computing, artificial life, or related areas.
> Experience of programming in Java or of using the Swarm libraries would
> be desirable. Potential candidates can get further information about
> FEARLUS at http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/fearlus/, or from Nick Gotts
> (n.gotts@macaulay.ac.uk) or Gary Polhill (g.polhill@macaulay.ac.uk).
>
>
> Gary Polhill
> Research Scientist
> The Macaulay Institute
> Craigiebuckler
> Aberdeen AB15 8QH
> UK
> Tel: +(44) (0)1224 498200 Ext 2238
> Fax: +(44) (0)1224 311556
> e-mail: g.polhill@macaulay.ac.uk
> http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/
> http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/fearlus/