Jean-Denis Mathias

Dr Jean-Denis Mathias obtained his PhD in 2005 and his accreditation to supervise research in 2011. He's now a full-time researcher at the "Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Complexes" in IRSTEA, Clermont-Ferrand.

CS 20085
63178 Aubière − France
France

Email: jean-denis.mathias@irstea.fr
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/jeandenismathias/

Please direct correspondence about this article to Jean-Denis Mathias

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Sylvie Huet

Sylvie Huet, graduated in social science after her two first years of university, holds a PhD in modelling for social systems and a computer science engineering degree in the Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM). She occupies a post of computer scientist in the Laboratory of Engineering for Complex Systems, Cemagref.

IRSTEA
CS20085
Campus des Cézeaux
AUBIERE CEDEX
63178
France

Email: sylvie.huet@irstea.fr
Web: http://http://motive.cemagref.fr/people/sylvie.huet

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Guillaume Deffuant

Guillaume Deffuant is Head of the "Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Complexes" in Cemagref Clermont-Ferrand. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and obtained a PhD in Cognitive Science in 1992.

9 avenue Blaise Pascal
CS 20085
63178 Aubière
63172
France

Email: guillaume.deffuant@irstea.fr
Web: http://motive.cemagref.fr/people/guillaume.deffuant