AGENT-BASED MODELING IN AGRI- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: JUSTIFICATION OF RECLAMATION PARK IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA

Abstract

The aim of the research is to analyze domestic and foreign experience of agent-based modeling (AOM) application and to consider the prospects for its application in land reclamation, namely, for creating land-reclamation parks (MP). The specific feature of an AOM is the creation of a tool simulating real-world phenomena and taking into account the behavior of agents’ population with certain properties. Nowadays the development of the concept of creating MPs using the mechanism of public-private partnership requires consideration of the interests of a large number of parties involved. These interests can be often opposed, and successful cooperation is possible under conditions of satisfaction of all parties involved. The search for tools for developing mutually beneficial solutions on the economic issues of the MP functioning is really relevant. AOM can be the tool that will help make decisions that are favorable for all participants in MP projects. AOM in the field of economic and sociological knowledge has a fairly wide application, but in the agrarian economy AOM has not yet received a decent spread, although there are prerequisites for a theoretical breakthrough in this matter. The analyzed sources of information show that the AOM method can be successfully used in systems where there are persons who make certain decisions that do not always obey the general goal. Separate elements in the models discussed above should be used in the development of virtual models for the creation and operation of MPs. This method can be used to justify the MP in view of the fact that the latter includes a large number of farms, each of which has its own interests and is in unique environmental conditions.

Keywords

• agent
• agent-based modeling
• multi-agent modeling
• agent-based approach
• agriculture
• land reclamation
• reclamation park.