The use of agent-based models (ABMs) for investigating land-use science questions has
been increasing dramatically over the last decade. Modelers have moved from 'proofs of …

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

Understanding social-ecological systems (SES) is crucial to supporting the sustainable
management of resources. Agent-based modelling is a valuable tool to achieve this …

There is an increasing drive to combine agent-based models with empirical methods. An
overview is provided of the various empirical methods that are used for different kinds of …

Agent-based modeling is commonly used for studying complex system properties emergent
from interactions among agents. However, agent-based models are often not developed …

This article briefly describes some of the intellectual challenges during the last half-century
to the traditional fields of economics and political science: the public choice approach, the …

Este libro refleja una larga experiencia de investigación, que abarca una amplia gama de
desafíos contemporáneos como son el manejo de las pesquerías oceánicas, la protección …

What motivates human behaviour in social dilemmas? The results of public goods games
are commonly interpreted as showing that humans are altruistically motivated to benefit …

Conservation investments are increasingly being implemented through payments for
ecosystem services (PES) for the protection and restoration of ecosystem services around …

We model the dynamic effects of external enforcement on the exploitation of a common pool
resource. Fitting our model to experimental data we find that institutions influence social …