Avantage absoluLa théorie des avantages absolus est un concept d'économie internationale. Il s'agit, pour un pays, de l'avantage qu'il détient sur un autre lorsque, pour un bien ou un service, sa production par unité de facteur, ou productivité, est supérieure aux autres pays. Le terme est utilisé au sujet d'un individu, pour désigner l'avantage qu'il détient sur un autre lorsque, avec la même quantité de facteurs de production, sa production est supérieure.
Agent-based social simulationAgent-based social simulation (or ABSS) consists of social simulations that are based on agent-based modeling, and implemented using artificial agent technologies. Agent-based social simulation is a scientific discipline concerned with simulation of social phenomena, using computer-based multiagent models. In these simulations, persons or group of persons are represented by agents. MABSS is a combination of social science, multiagent simulation and computer simulation.
Problem structuring methodsProblem structuring methods (PSMs) are a group of techniques used to model or to map the nature or structure of a situation or state of affairs that some people want to change. PSMs are usually used by a group of people in collaboration (rather than by a solitary individual) to create a consensus about, or at least to facilitate negotiations about, what needs to change. Some widely adopted PSMs include soft systems methodology, the strategic choice approach, and strategic options development and analysis (SODA).
