题目：Understanding the dynamics of community support through discrete choice theory & agent-based modeling

基于离散选择理论和主体基础模型的矿区居民支持程度动态响应研究

时间:12月15日 周四上午10点

地点:采矿楼207

报告内容：

In order to design and run sustainableprojects that supply critical materials to meet society’s resource needs, thereis a need to understand the relationship between sustainability (real andperceived) and community acceptance. The perceived environmental impacts,counter-balanced by perceived socio-economic benefits, are important factorsthat influence an individual’s choice to support a project. However, there is acomplex interaction between the enviro-socio-economic impacts of miningprojects and the host community’s perceptions and preferences over time.

This seminar will present research atMissouri University of Science and Technology that uses agent-based modeling todescribe community acceptance as a function of individual perceptions ofenviro-socio-economic impacts. We used discrete choice theory to understandindividual preferences for mining development alternatives. We then used theresulting discrete choice model as the utility function in the agent-basedmodel. We verified that the utility function works as intended by comparing themodel’s predictions with data from a discrete choice experiment. Further, weused the Bass diffusion model to model the propagation of new perceptionsthrough a community.

为满足社会资源的需求及实现资源的可持续性发展，需要了解可持续性发展和社会接受程度之间的关系，研究环境影响、社会及经济利益是如何影响个人对项目可持续性发展的认可度。然而，采矿项目的环境-社会-经济影响与社区居民观点及个人偏好的相互作用，及随着时间推演的效果。

报告人简介：

Dr. KwameAwuah-Offei is an associateprofessor of mining engineering at Missouri University of Science &Technology. He is a registered professional engineer. He recently served as amining engineering academic fellow for the US Securities & ExchangeCommission. Dr. Awuah-Offei’s research interests include modeling, simulationand optimization for sustainable mining systems. He teaches various graduateand undergraduate mining engineering courses. He is a nationally active memberof the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), a member of theSociety of Mining Professors, and a fellow of the West African Institute ofMining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (WAIMM). He is a past chair of the SMESustainable Development Committee.

KwameAwuah-Offei博士是美国密苏里科技大学采矿工程副教授，美国注册高级工程师，美国证券与交易委员会研究员。研究方向包括建模、仿真和可持续开采系统的优化。他是美国采矿协会会员(SME)，采矿教授协会成员和西部非洲矿业研究所会员(WAIMM)，中小企业可持续发展委员会的前任主席。