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a platform for policy impact analysis based on an agent-based system (BDI). Example on agro-food sector of Puglia Region (Italy)
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ITAIS 2011
Conference
LUISS - ROMA
08/10/2011
10:00 – 11:00
Exploring the impact of innovation Exploring the impact of innovation policies in economic environments with policies in economic environments with
self-regulating agents in multi-level self-regulating agents in multi-level complex systemscomplex systems
EXAMPLE
Francesco Niglia Dimitri Gagliardi Cinzia Battistella
Head of ICT Unit Research Fellow Post-Doc Researcher
Innova S.p.A. Manchester University of Udine
Institute of
Innovation Research
ITAIS 2011 – PAPER #20 - EXAMPLE Roma, 08/10/2011
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge fundings from the Regione Puglia under POR Puglia 2007-2013, Asse I – linea di Intervento 1.1 – Azione 1.1.2 “Aiuti agli investimenti in Ricerca per le PMI”. The results presented in this paper are based on the research and development activities of the project MAESTRO. Usual disclaimers apply
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Contents
The main question(s) behind the EXAMPLE idea
The positioning
The model adopted
Rules and procedures of the model
Some results
Conclusions
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Main question leading the research
How to support policy-makers in defining the actions to improve the performances of a well-defined socio-economic context?
How to estimate the impact of these actions ?
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Theoretical context 1/2
The evaluation of the impact of innovation policies on economic systems has been at the centre of the research policy debates for several decades.
• The rationale assumed has often been that of market failure
• Instruments and techniques used to carry out innovation policy impact studies have also been those of classical econometrics and/or qualitative analysis (Fahrenkrog et al., 2002; Shapira and Khulmann, 2003).
• These approaches have based their impact assessments “exercises” on the application of linear (or quasi- linear) theory in deterministic environments
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Theoretical context 2/2
Alternative rationales for policy making are only beginning to emerge, for example • the system’s failure approach (Metcalfe, 2005;
Marzucchi, 2011) • the approaches of complexity and networks
(Santa Fe institute, Benjamin and Greene, 2009; Cross et al, 2009; Buisseret et al, 1995, Metcalfe, 1995; Georghiou and Rossner, 200; Georghiou, 2002).
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EXAMPLE selected context
Problem: The complexity of innovation policy evaluation and the challenges of modelling the system of innovation
Approach: A modelling strategy based on agent–based modelling in complex systems. • the theoretical foundation of our a-b model is
the Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) architecture, introduced by Bratman (Bratman 1987)
• The concepts of belief, desire and intention as mental attitudes, to mimic human actions are captured by informational, motivational, and deliberate attitudes of agents respectively
ITAIS 2011 – PAPER #20 - EXAMPLE Roma, 08/10/2011
Regional context
In the Region of Puglia, Italy there are some 245 thousand companies and organisations, mostly SMEs, engaged in the agro-food industry constituting the 15% of the total national agro-food sector (ISTAT, 2010 – Data 2007)
The regional agro-food system has been modelled on the actual data available from official databases (i.e. Eurostat and ISTAT). This formalisation has been used to evaluate the variables pertaining to each agent and to collate the time series against which we benchmarked our simulations.
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Model consolidation
Equation System reduced
Estimation of the coefficients evaluated in Structural Equation Model (alternatively VAR)
Test of significance R2, t-test for each coefficient, F-stat and ANOVA
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Our model
18 agents, 4 categoriesSystem indicatorsI1 Revenues”I2 “Stock”I3 “N Companies”I4 “Employment ”I5 “Sustainability”EquationsΔQ = f (αΔM, βΔR) + ε ΔNa=f (γΔM,δΔR,ηΔI)+ ε ΔI = KeynesianVariablesM = StocksR = RevenuesQ = CompaniesNa = EmployeesI = Gross investments
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Inside JADEX
Based on JADEX technology to implement BDI
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The ghost agent
Introduced to "smooth" the differences between the modelled (calculated) system and the real economic dynamics that occur in such environments.
Minimise the difference between Result (expected) and Result (official).
The macro-level is the following• Result (simulation) + Result (buffer agent) = Result
(expected) • Result (buffer agent) = Result (official) – Result (simulation)
• N = Variables (i as index)• M = Indicators (j as index) • A, B = normalisation coefficients
• AgentBUFFER = ∑(i=1,N) Ai*Vi + ∑(j=1,M) Bj*Ij
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Results – step by step
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Results – policy evaluation
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Further considerations
Policy • easy-to-use platform for the evaluation of
alternative policy scenarios. • it has given encouraging preliminary results. • appropriate to describe and analyse non-
deterministic dynamics of complex systems • Statistically sound (testable)
Technology • it is easily scalable• needs a model for each economic system• allows validation even with sparse data
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contacts
Cinzia Battistella find us also [email protected]
Dimitri [email protected]
Francesco [email protected]