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Title: |
A
Simple Agent-Based Model Of The Tragedy Of The Commons |
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Authors: |
Julia Schindler |
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(2012).ECMS
2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann. European
Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-4-3 26th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Shaping reality through simulation Koblenz,
Germany, May 29 – June 1 2012 |
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Schindler, J. (2012). A Simple
Agent-Based Model Of The Tragedy Of The Commons. ECMS 2012 Proceedings edited
by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring,
U. Lotzmann (pp. 44-50).
European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012-0044-0050 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2012-0044-0050 |
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Abstract: |
The
Tragedy of the Commons by G. Hardin is a famous metaphor for social dilemmas
in common-pool resource use. In his famous article from 1968 he argued for an
abstract common-pool pasture that the pasture must become depleted as
herdsmen have higher incentives to add cattle than to remove, due to the
shared nature of the common. However, Hardin built his argument on the
assumption of purely selfish and profit-oriented behavior of humans. For this
article, we therefore hypothesized that the integration of other human values
can lead to sustained use of the common. We test both of these questions via
an implementation of Hardin’s pasture as an agent-based model, which allowed
us to simulate Hardin’s pasture system over time. Simulation results verify
both Hardin’s argument and our hypothesis. |
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