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This document describes Juan Carlos Castilla-Rho's research using agent-based modeling to integrate hydrogeological and socio-economic processes in groundwater management. It discusses how agent-based models allow the complex interactions between human decisions and aquifer conditions to be represented. The research aims to develop these models for the Copiapó Basin in Chile to better understand the interactions between various stakeholders like farmers, mining companies, and government institutions. The models couple an agent-based model of socio-economic processes with a spatially explicit groundwater model to capture the two-way influence between human and groundwater systems.
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شۆرش شاكر گهردی
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Kurdistan Regional Government
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mg.l -1 .
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By
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Mahmoud Kh. Mahmoud
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Supervised by
Balqis H. Rasul
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Dedications:
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Acknowledgment:
Of course, we are satisfied with our subject in this project, however it is our first
experience, but we could pass our tasks successfully with the help of some
teachers and friends for which we appreciate them especially head of the biology
department Mr. Shoresh who let us do this project.
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