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I'm expecting to graduate from my PhD in Artificial Intelligence in early 2022. My thesis is about how agents in a multi-agent system (MAS) might make collective decisions about the norms/institutions that govern them. I'm especially focused on Tragedy of the Commons/Common Pool Resource problems, based largely on Eleanor Ostrom's work Governing the Commons.
I specialise in agent-based modelling and in agent societies governed by norms - sets of rules that influence, guide, and in some cases prohibit or enforce, certain types of behaviour. This approach has a lot of advantages over other forms of modelling, especially in the discovery of emergent phenomena.
As well as my thesis research into Common Pool Resources, I have made a number of other models - mostly for my own curiosity - including a model in development designed to simulate the economy of a game, and the different levers a game designer might be able to pull in stemming issues like inflation.
Things that might benefit from a modelling & simulation approach include:
- Norm modelling for policy, public or private.
- Modelling of game balance, especially game economies.
- Academic or corporate research.
More details about my AI work is available in AI, but if you want to discuss any aspect of modelling and simulation, please head to my Contact Page. If you'd potentially like to hire me to produce a model or investigate a problem, use my work email. If you're emailing regarding my academic work, or any of my papers or research, please use my general email.