Birgit Müller

TL;DR: In this article, a behavioural theoretical modelling framework is proposed to take into account complexity of farmers' decision-making, and a suite of opensource, flexible, interoperable and customisable computer models linked to existing data is developed.

TL;DR: It is found that the introduction of formal insurance can have negative side effects even if insured households are willing to contribute to informal risk arrangements, and that new insurance programs have to be developed in close alignment with established risk-coping instruments to be effective without weakening functioning aspects of informal risk management.

TL;DR: The ODD+D protocol does not only improve the quality of model descriptions but also improves the understanding of models and is an important necessary step forward developing theory respectively frameworks for social-ecological ABMs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a multi-agent simulation model to examine the economic, ecological, climatic, and demographic factors driving the polarization of pastoralist households in semi-arid regions.