Conflict in Complex Socio-Natural Systems: Using Agent-Based Modeling to Understand the Behavioral Roots of Social Unrest within the Mandera Triangle

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dc.contributor.authorRouleau, Mark
dc.contributor.authorColetti, Mark
dc.contributor.authorBassett, Jeffrey K.
dc.contributor.authorHailegiorgis, Atesmachew B.
dc.contributor.authorGulden, Tim
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, William G.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-20T14:40:07Z
dc.date.available2014-08-20T14:40:07Z
dc.date.issued2009-06
dc.description.abstractConflict resolution research relies upon a deep understanding of human behavior within highly complex socionatural systems. Scholars must isolate the source of conflict among individuals reacting to the feedback of changing socionatural conditions. Fortunately, the oft-obscured roots of conflict typically surface at critical points of change within the system. We use the Mandera Triangle region of East Africa as an example of this surfacing of behavioral drivers. Our research fuses a wide range of backgrounds to construct a simulation model of Mandera and to gain a better understanding of the roots of human behavior in relation to social conflict.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is supported by the Center for Social Complexity of George Mason University and by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under a Multi-disciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant no. N00014-08-1-0921.
dc.identifier.citationRouleau, M., Coletti, Bassett, J.K., Hailegiorgis, A.B., Gulden, T., and Kennedy, W.G., (2009) Conflict in Complex Socio-Natural Systems: Using Agent-Based Modeling to Understand the Behavioral Roots of Social Unrest within the Mandera Triangle. Paper presented at the Human Behavior-Computational Modeling and Interoperability Conference 2009. Oak Ridge, TN. 23-24 June 2009.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8744
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherHuman Behavior-Computational Modeling and Interoperability Conference
dc.subjectAgent-based model
dc.subjectMandera triangle
dc.subjectPastoral systems--Africa, East
dc.subjectHerders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectAfrica, East
dc.titleConflict in Complex Socio-Natural Systems: Using Agent-Based Modeling to Understand the Behavioral Roots of Social Unrest within the Mandera Triangle
dc.typePresentation

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