Multiagent systems for the governance of spatial environments: some modelling approaches

  • Authors:
  • Domenico Camarda

  • Affiliations:
  • Technical University of Bari, Bari, Italy

  • Venue:
  • ICCSA'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part II
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The concept of community governance is generally intended as the management of complex processes underlying the inherent complexity of the environment. As a matter of facts, this complex approach provides the diffused, delocalized and multiagent management processes taking place on settled territories with a multiscalar, multisectoral and transdisciplinary vision. The aspects of interest of this study about the governance theme deal with the definition of an ICT-based, multiple-agent systems (MAS) for the representation of knowledge, roles, relationships, tasks and operational levels involved in governance processes. This model is oriented toward the construction of MAS-based system architectures to support development policymaking, managed through process models of community governance. The paper starts with a first general introduction on the research background of the paper, particularly governance and multi-agent systems. A second chapter discusses multi-agent modelling and the practical case-study of Foggia (Italy). Concluding remarks end up the paper.