Improving agent models and architectures for agent-based modelling and simulation applied to crisis management. In particular modelling of BDI agents, emotions, cognitive biases, social attachment, etc.

Designing serious games to increase awareness about climate change or natural disasters; to improve civil engagement in sustainable urban planning; to teach Artificial Intelligence to the general public; to explain social phenomena (voting procedures; sanitary policies; etc).

Networks Theory, Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization and Social Interactions.

Using modeling and simulation to support the development of resilient infrastructures

Metaheuristics In Social and Industrial Problems.
Bio-inspired Optimization.
Agent-Based Modeling.
Chaos Theory.
Natural Language Processing.

Network ABMS in solar technology adoption in households

I am interested in combining social with cognitive sciences in order to model decision-making facing uncertainty. I am particularly interested in connectionist models of individual and organizational decision-making.

I may make use of agent-based models, statistical network analysis, neural networks, evidence theory, cognitive maps as well as qualitative research, with no preference for any particular method. I dislike theoretical equilibrium models and empirical research based on testing obvious hypotheses.

Agent-based modeling, urban policy, urban economics. Metropolis and municipalities analyses.