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A MAS Decision Support Tool for Water-Right Markets

Publication Type:

Conference Proceedings

Authors:

Adriana Giret; Antonio Garrido; Juan A. Gimeno; Vicente Botti; Pablo Noriega

Source:

Proc. of 10th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011), International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, p.1305-1306 (2011)

ISBN:

978-0-9826571-7-1

Keywords:

agreement technologies; electronic institutions; multi-agent systems

Abstract:

We present a MAS decision support tool, as an open and regulated virtual organization, that uses intelligent agents to manage a flexible water-rights market. The application goal of this tool is to be used as a simulator to assist in decision-making processes of policy-makers. The simulator focuses on demand and, in particular, on the type of regulatory (in terms of norms selection and agents behaviour) and market mechanisms that foster an efficient use of water while also trying to prevent conflicts among parties. Technically, it contributes with a testbed to explore policy-simulation alternatives under an agreement-technology perspective, thus promoting the fulfillment of agreements .

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