Advances in System Dynamics and Agent-Based Modeling for Social-Ecological Systems Research
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Practice in Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 3735
Special Issue Editors
Interests: system dynamics; agent-based modeling; social-ecological system; ecological economics; ecosystem services; sustainability science; plastic waste; relational values; stated preference method
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Interests: ecological economics; sustainability; health systems policy; biomedical dynamics; the software development process; criminal justice systems; supply chain management; organizational dynamics; systems thinking; simulation and optimization methods; teaching
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The notion of social–ecological systems (SESs), coupled systems of social and ecological components, has received growing attention. Governance neglecting either of the system components could lead to an undesirable state of both. Therefore, it is critical to understand the dynamic interactions between social and ecological systems. Because SESs are highly complex and often characterized as complex adaptive systems (Folke et al., 2005; Fischer et al., 2015), a computational approach is a sine qua non. System dynamics and agent-based models have served as tools to this end (Nabavi et al., 2017; Schlüter et al., 2019; Schulze et al., 2017).
Collecting state-of-the-art studies in system dynamics and agent-based models for social–ecological systems is highly beneficial to advance the field. We welcome any quality work contributing to the advancement of SESs studies using system dynamics or agent-based modeling, including their applications, modeling methodology, theoretical and conceptual discussion, and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Takuro Uehara
Prof. Dr. Wayne Wakeland
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agent-based modeling
- system dynamics
- social–ecological system
- complex adaptive system
- ecological economics
- feedback
- hybrid modeling
- leverage
- non-linear dynamics
- resilience
- sustainability transformation
