The authors are involved in a project aiming at the development of a methodology for participatory modeling (DEMO) as a tool for public participation in water resource management. In this paper, some examples of different degrees of stakeholder influence in six key dimensions of participatory modeling are identified and discussed. Arnstein’s (1969) critical discussion of different degrees of “r...

Leveraging on the pervasiveness of mobile phones and their rich built-in sensors, partici-patory sensing recently emerged as a promising approach to large-scale data collection. Whilst some contributors may be altruistic, many contributors are motivated by receiving something in return for their contributions, proportional to their level of contributions. In this paper, we adopt a service alloc...

Data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) based on machine learning techniques (ML) has increasingly become an enabler in critical societal domains. However, the introduction of ML systems is often accompanied by unjustified, biased, and discriminated outcomes with severe consequences for individuals affected. Consequently, recent years value-based design methods have sought to anticipate mitiga...