Multi-agent simulation of water contact's patterns in relation to schistosomiasis: A BDI architecture using kernel functions

摘要

In this work, we propose an architecture based on the BDI (Belief, Desire and Intention) paradigm to specify simple rules in order to reproduce, through a multi-agent simulation, individual behaviors to obtain emerging collective behaviors. We have established this architecture in a context of studying the phenomenon of Individuals accessibility to potentially infective waters with Schistosomiasis. Our approach is to consider the “Human-Water” contact as a phenomenon emerging from human behavior in respect to water areas. Such behavior is determined by a combination of social, economic, demographic, cultural, temporal, and spatial factors in the context of studied populations. An application of this architecture is implemented with a specific case of schistosomiasis in Niamey (Niger).