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Category Text Publication
Reference Category Preprints
DOI 10.20944/preprints202309.1571.v1
Licence creative commons licence
Title (Primary) Agent-based complex systems science in the era of global sustainability crisis
Author Li, A.; Turner II, B.L.; Liu, J.; Grimm, V.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, Z.; Huang, R.
Source Titel Preprints
Year 2023
Department OESA
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Abstract A significant number and range of challenges besetting sustainability can be traced to the actions and interactions of multiple autonomous agents (people mostly) and the entities they create (e.g., institutions, policies, social network) in the corresponding social-environmental systems (SES). To address these challenges, we need to understand decisions made and actions taken by agents, the outcomes of their actions, including the feedbacks on the corresponding agents and environment. The science of Agent-based Complex Systems—ACS science—has a significant potential to handle such challenges. The advantages of ACS science for sustainability are addressed by way of identifying the key elements and challenges in sustainability science, the generic features of ACS, and the key advances and challenges in modeling ACS. Artificial intelligence and data science promise to improve understanding of agents’ behaviors, detect SES structures, and formulate SES mechanisms.
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Li, A., Turner II, B.L., Liu, J., Grimm, V., Zhang, Q., Wang, Z., Huang, R. (2023):
Agent-based complex systems science in the era of global sustainability crisis
Preprints 10.20944/preprints202309.1571.v1