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Subject: Conducting participative MAS inquiry
From: Lyndon Zimmermann (lyndon.zimmermann@adelaide.edu.au)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 05:11:05 CEST
Greetings all,
it appears to me agent-based thinking can be applied as a conceptual
tool, a framework for participatory inquiry or via computational
models, probably in combination. My research interest is in industry
development in contested landscapes. I am interested particularly in
'sustainable industries' including renewable energy and tree-based
industries. I find agent-based thinking useful conceptually, and
would like to try participative approaches, and perhaps computational
approaches in the future.
I have read material by Olivier Barreteau, Claudia Pahl-Wostl and
colleagues but they talk mostly on the findings, not **how** to
conduct these participative agent-based experiments, role-play games
etc. I used to do similar work years ago under the banner of TQM
(Total Quality Management) or Quality Circles, but these were
considerably simpler methods.
Any clues on where I could find some practical information on conduct
of these inquiries?
Regards,
Lyndon Zimmermann
Adelaide, Australia
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