The modular structure of ALUAM also allowed us to integrate local actors' decision-making into the optimization process using agent-based modeling techniques (Huber et al. 2013a; Hirschi et al. 2013).
While more mature implementations of intention in computational systems will be inherently intention-aware than BDI, this model illustrates the importance of actor-driven decision making.
Futures Maps are generated for actors and their decision making.
In this sense, futures research is first of all an applied science serving actors in their decision making.
The nature of governance issues (complex and uncertain world, lack of information, consideration of qualitative and quantitative information, participation of different actors in the decision making processes, etc).
The medical establishment, which enjoys great influence over regional decision making, monopolized leadership on perinatal care in the region; as the following citation indicates, the CLSC actors felt excluded from decision making.
The Palestinian public still perceives adolescents as recipients rather than social actors or partners in decision making.
In the case of conflicting provisions the higher level regulation precedes the lower one, but the provisions of lower regulations are usually more detailed.> The National Assembly (Parliament) and the central government (and Ministry of Health, MOH) are the key actors in national-level decision making.
The paper recommends a relook of planners' role in spatial planning in Ghana, emphasising a shift from development decision making to actors and facilitators of socio-spatial initiatives by community residents.
Multi-agent Systems (MAS) offer a conceptual approach to include multi-actor decision making into models of land use change.
This paper describes a novel approach to explore a multidimensional design space and guide multi-actor decision making in the design of sustainable buildings.
