The Viability of the Social-Ecological Agroecosystem (ViSA) Spatial Agent-based Model (1.0.0)
ViSA simulates the decision behaviors of different stakeholders showing demands for ecosystem services (ESS) in agricultural landscape. The lack of sufficient supply of ESSs triggers stakeholders to apply different management options to increase their supply. However, while attempting to reduce the supply-demand gap, conflicts arise among stakeholders due to the tradeoff nature of some ESS. ViSA investigates conditions and scenarios that can minimize such supply-demand gap while reducing the risk of conflicts by suggesting different mixes of management options and decision rules.
Release Notes
This release presents a prototype model that uses unreal data and the user may experience some errors while running the model which needs to be adjusted from the adaptation rates. These errors will be fixed in the next version.
Associated Publications
- Shaaban, M. (2023). Viability of the social–ecological agroecosystem (ViSA). SoftwareX, 22, 101360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2023.101360
- Shaaban, M., Mouratiadou, I., Piorr, A., 202*. Managing Societal Demands for Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes: the Viability of the Social-Ecological Agroecosystem (ViSA) Agent-based Model. (Submitted-Under review)
- Shaaban, M., & Piorr, A. (2021, September). Simulation of Dynamic Adaptation of Social-Ecological-System in Agricultural Landscapes. Landscape 2021 - Diversification for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture, Berlin-Online. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15013.42721
The Viability of the Social-Ecological Agroecosystem (ViSA) Spatial Agent-based Model 1.0.0
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Mostafa Shaaban
Published Jun 03, 2022
Last modified Feb 27, 2024
ViSA simulates the decision behaviors of different stakeholders showing demands for ecosystem services (ESS) in agricultural landscape. The lack of sufficient supply of ESSs triggers stakeholders to apply different management options to increase their supply. However, while attempting to reduce the supply-demand gap, conflicts arise among stakeholders due to the tradeoff nature of some ESS. ViSA investigates conditions and scenarios that can minimize such supply-demand gap while reducing the risk of conflicts by suggesting different mixes of management options and decision rules.
Release Notes
This release presents a prototype model that uses unreal data and the user may experience some errors while running the model which needs to be adjusted from the adaptation rates. These errors will be fixed in the next version.