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![Can we complement or even replace physical laws by the experience of local people to model environmental phenomena? An article from [1] showed that an air quality map generated by local people could be of a good quality compared to one generated by a physical model?
In the context of a participatory and cost-effective process to monitoring natural resources, pollution or other kinds of commons, can we also empower local communities to form an emergent computation model of a local phenomenon using their tacit knowledge coupled with real measurements?](http://nico.maisonneuve.free.fr/blog/wp-content/r3londet-299x227.gif "Paticipatory modeling: citizens as environmental modelers")
Paticipatory modeling: citizens as environmental modelers
Can we complement or even replace physical laws by the experience of local people to model environmental phenomena? An article from [1] showed that an air quality map generated by local people could be of a good quality compared to one generated by a physical model?
In the context of a participatory and cost-effective process to monitoring natural resources, pollution or other kinds of commons, can we also empower local communities to form an emergent computation model of a local phenomenon using their tacit knowledge coupled with real measurements?