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Chapter 99
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8358-7.ch099
Towards a Multi-Agent-
Based Tool for the Analysis
of the Social Production
and Management Processes
in an Urban Ecosystem:
An Approach Based on the Integration
of Organizational, Regulatory,
Communication and Physical Artifacts
in the JaCaMo Framework
ABSTRACT
The SJVG-MAS Project addresses, in an interdisciplinary approach, the development of MAS-based
tools for the simulation of the social production and management processes observed in urban ecosys-
tems, adopting as case study the social vegetable garden project conducted at the San Jerónimo Park
(Seville/Spain), headed by the confederation “Ecologistas en Acción.” The authors aim at the analysis
of the current reality of the SJVG project, allowing discussions on the adopted social management pro-
cesses, and also for investigating how possible changes in the social organization (e.g., roles assumed
Flávia Santos
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Thiago Rodrigues
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Henrique Donancio
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Iverton Santos
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Diana F. Adamatti
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Graçaliz P. Dimuro
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Glenda Dimuro
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Esteban De Manuel Jerez
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain