Science-based Negotiation of Multi-objective Resources Disputes

跨学科(99)一个学术和行业伙伴关系正在创建和提供一门高级本科课程--水资源纠纷的计算机辅助谈判，在这门课程中，学生们以州际供水纠纷的形式处理现实世界中的跨学科问题。学生们正在整合科学、技术、公共政策和法律，为资源纠纷创造互惠互利的解决方案。每个学生都扮演受雇于供水利益相关者的律师、生物学家、地质学家或工程师的角色。利益攸关方群体使用(1)基于网络的、具有良好教学效果的教学工具，(2)由工作专业人员组成的多学科小组，以及(3)利用线性规划算法根据利益攸关方共同确定的优先事项得出最佳解决方案的计算机模型。过去二十年来，计算机辅助谈判进程成功地应用于水资源争端，目前正在利用这一进程为该系统制定一套运作规则并寻求协商一致意见。学生们正在学习利用科学知识和技术工具，有效地在跨学科团队中发挥作用，并成功地与不同的利益集团进行谈判。此外，学生还学习参与资源谈判所需的背景信息，使用研究支持的教学方法。乔治梅森大学、莱斯布里奇大学和德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校是这门课程的测试点。

Interdisciplinary (99) An academic-industry partnership is creating and offering an upper-level undergraduate course, Computer Aided Negotiation of Water Resources Disputes, in which students tackle a real-world, interdisciplinary problem in the form of an interstate water supply dispute. Students are integrating science, technology, public policy, and law to create mutually beneficial solutions to resource disputes. Each student plays the role of a lawyer, biologist, geologist or engineer employed by one of the water supply stakeholders. The stakeholder groups use (1) web-based, pedagogically-sound instructional tools, (2) a multi-disciplinary panel of working professionals, and (3) a computer model that utilizes linear programming algorithms to derive optimal solutions in accordance with priorities determined jointly by the stakeholders. The computer-aided negotiation process, which has been applied successfully to water resources disputes over the past two decades, is being used to develop and seek consensus on a set of operating rules for the system. Students are learning to utilize scientific knowledge and technological tools, function effectively on interdisciplinary teams, and successfully negotiate with disparate interests. Moreover, the students learn the background information required to participate in resource negotiations using research-supported pedagogy. George Mason University, the University of Lethbridge, and the University of Texas at Austin are serving as beta test sites for the course.