Complex adaptive systems science in the era of global sustainability crisis  

作　　者：Li An B.L.Turner II Jianguo Liu Volker Grimm Qi Zhang Zhangyang Wang Ruihong Huang 

机构地区：[1]College of Forestry,Wildlife,and Environment,Auburn University,602 Duncan Drive,Auburn,AL 36849,USA [2]International Center for Climate and Global Change Research,Auburn University,602 Duncan Drive,Auburn,AL 36849,USA [3]School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning&School of Sustainability,Arizona State University,PO Box 875302,Tempe,AZ 85287-5302,USA [4]Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability,Michigan State University,East Lansing,MI 48823-5243,USA [5]Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ,Department of Ecological Modelling,Permoserstr.15,04318 Leipzig,Germany [6]Department of Geography and Environment,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Chapel Hill,NC 27599,USA [7]Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,The University of Texas at Austin,Austin,TX 78712,USA [8]Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Texas A&M University,College Station,TX 77843,USA

出　　处：《Geography and Sustainability》2025年第1期14-24,共11页地理学与可持续性(英文)

基　　金：The National Science Foundation funded this research under the Dy-namics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems program(Grants No.DEB-1212183 and BCS-1826839);support from San Diego State University and Auburn University.

摘　　要：A significant number and range of challenges besetting sustainability can be traced to the actions and inter actions of multiple autonomous agents(people mostly)and the entities they create(e.g.,institutions,policies,social network)in the corresponding social-environmental systems(SES).To address these challenges,we need to understand decisions made and actions taken by agents,the outcomes of their actions,including the feedbacks on the corresponding agents and environment.The science of complex adaptive systems-complex adaptive sys tems(CAS)science-has a significant potential to handle such challenges.We address the advantages of CAS science for sustainability by identifying the key elements and challenges in sustainability science,the generic features of CAS,and the key advances and challenges in modeling CAS.Artificial intelligence and data science combined with agent-based modeling promise to improve understanding of agents’behaviors,detect SES struc tures,and formulate SES mechanisms.

关 键 词：Social-environmental systems Complex adaptive systems Sustainability science Agent-based models Artificial intelligence Data science 

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