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MAS & RPG – C. Le Page - P. Bommel1
A companioning experiment of the decision-A companioning experiment of the decision-
making process to making process to ddecentralized planningecentralized planning
Using MAS for Natural Resources Management :A test operation in the valley of the Senegal river,
combining GIS, role playing games and MAS.
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Simulation and adaptive management : an approachSimulation and adaptive management : an approach
Role games and multi-agent systems : a
common representation to increase knowledge on the behaviour,
to give back the model to the actors and validate it,
to be able to simulate scenarios
Tests : irrigated scheme,
space allocation between farmers and herders,
negotiation between forest manager and herder
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Context Context : : Land use in SenegalLand use in Senegal
Decentralisation -> Rural Councils have to
manage the resources
Problems of allocation of space : multiple
uses of the same space (agriculture-
grazing)
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ContextContext : : Land use in SenegalLand use in Senegal
The valley of the Senegal river, deeply modified by hydraulic buildings
disturbed by the dryness's
A strictly hydro-agricultural policy always operating (no complementarity between the various activities).
A theoretically complete but not very effective decentralization (assimilation; transfer of competence; supports for communities)
A confusion of the roles between concerned institutions (technical services, local councils, civil company, NGO)
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StakesStakes
Provide to the Local Communities the knowledge
and the capacity to act.
Obtain the gratitude and the support by all the
institutional actors of the actions of the Rural
Councils.
Facilitate for the populations, the knowledge, the
follow-up and the control of this management.
Build a reproducible method to introduce a real
transfer of competence for the management of
territory.
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StepStep: An: An "adapted" technical support "adapted" technical support
Let Local Communities choose internally and
at their rhythm, the rules for the resources
uses and the investment projects.
Do not participate in the strategic choices: let
the local leaders choose.
Give the information and the knowledge
Example: the « SelfCormas » experiment
Two years process (GIS, workshops,etc.)
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Land-use workshops Land-use workshops
Day 1: Identification and characterization Definition of resources and space,
Criteria of satisfaction for every type of use
Rules, behavior,
A shared spatial representation
Day 2: Role game, problems and scenarios According to discussed elements of the previous day
Identification of the problems and propositions of scenarios
Day 3: Simulations and tests Simulations of the proposed scenarios
Test of new scenarios
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From the role game to the MASFrom the role game to the MAS
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Agents’ behaviourAgents’ behaviour
Farmer : - raining season crops on - dry season crops near permanent water
Herder: - distance to water < 5km- herd does not cross the crops - better grazing areas = crops residuals and