Abstract EN:

In order to simulate the impacts of individual behaviours on organisations’ objectives, participatory approaches are well-established methods. This thesis proposes a new Approach for Cooperative Knowledge Acquisition (Acka). Acka is a cooperative method, based on the experts’ participation within role-playing games during meetings. Our approach proposes to build a metaphoric model as a domain model which is then used to design the multi-agent simulation model. The application of Acka to study microscopic decision-making processes within the poultry production system, and to design a multi-agent participatory simulation is illustrated. This simulation model, called AviSim, aims at understanding the impacts of individual decisional behaviours on the use of raw materials within poultry. Acka&AviSim proposes a new participatory approach, based on the coupling of two kinds of representation modes: observation-based mode and cognition-based mode. Finally, a personal reflection about the participatory design is proposed