MASE-BDI: Agents with Practical Reasoning for Land Use and Cover Change Simulation

  • Carolina Abreu UnB
  • Cássio Coelho UnB
  • Célia Ralha UnB

Resumo


Agents with a cognitive dimension are paramount to represent and understand land use and land cover changes that involves decision making. A Belief-Desire-Intention(BDI)-Agent system for environmental simulation was developed:the MASE-BDI framework. MASE-BDI, a novel version of MASE, implements agents that can be represented by their individual beliefs and in- tentional behavior to choose plans of action in a complex environment. We investigate the advantages, limitations and drawbacks of this new design and how practical reasoning agents can contribute to decision support for sustain- ability. Experiments were made in a spatially explicit LUCC study case of the Brazilian Cerrado between the years of 2002 and 2008. MASE-BDI simulation results were compared to those obtained with the multi-agent system for land- use change simulation previously developed in this research project.

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ABREU, Carolina; COELHO, Cássio; RALHA, Célia. MASE-BDI: Agents with Practical Reasoning for Land Use and Cover Change Simulation. In: WORKSHOP DE COMPUTAÇÃO APLICADA À GESTÃO DO MEIO AMBIENTE E RECURSOS NATURAIS (WCAMA), 6. , 2015, Recife. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2015 . p. 65-74. ISSN 2595-6124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wcama.2015.10191.