2018-06-29

Isabelle Alvarez

Chercheur / Research scientist

Chercheur au LISC et chercheur associé au LIP6 (UPMC)
Links between individual and collective viability; Robustness, viability and resilience in environmental models; Geometric methods, decision support.
Viabilité individuelle et collective; étude de la robustesse et de la résilience de modèles de viabilité ; aide à la décision.

As a researcher at LISC (INRAE, ex-Irstea, ex-Cemagref), my main present research interest is to study the link between individual and collective viability and its impact in decision support. It has a great potential for management of multi-usages commons.

Mes centres d’intérêt en tant que chercheur : les lien entre viabilité individuelle et collective, l’étude de la robustesse et de la résilience de modèles de viabilité ; le point de vue géométrique vs. le point de vue probabiliste en aide à la décision.

As an engineer, I try to promote the use of models for Agriculture and Environment.
Mon objectif en tant qu’ingénieur est de promouvoir l’utilisation des modèles pour l’agriculture et l’environnement. Je m’intéresse à la formulation de problèmes de viabilité et l’utilisation des outils de la théorie mathématique de la viabilité pour l’aide à la décision. Ceci implique des collaborations entre plusieurs équipes et disciplines (IA, informatique, mathématiques appliquées, SHS).

Projets / Projects

Viability Network
Réseau MathNum Viabilité
Présentation du réseau Viabilité
Site du réseau (en construction)

Ancien projets
Past projects

  • 2021 : Lasid. INRAE. Indicateurs dynamiques.
  • 2017-2018 : OPUS. Sorbonne Universités (SU). Participative management of socioecological heritage.
  • 2017- 2018: Viability analysis expert agent for participative management of socioecological systems. LIP6.
  • 2016-2019 : RAZ13. Irstea. Risk indicators.
  • 2015-2018: VINO. RNSC network. Viable numerical objects.
  • 2015-2016: RESUS. ANR. Viability and sustainability. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-14-CE03-0009
  • 2014-2016: DeMagma. SU. Multi-agent decision about population management: mathematical modelling approach. Scientific leader for LIP6. Workshop link
  • 2011: MAS and Viability. RNSC project.

    2010- 2016. European Project DREAM (Design and development of REAlistic food Models with well-characterised micro- and macro-structure and composition), 7th PCRD. Scientific leader for Irstea.
    2009. viabSimParc. Ecological Engineering (CNRS).
    2007-2010. European Project PATRES (Pattern Resilience), 6th PCRD : http://www.patres-project.eu
    2007-2010. DEDUCTION. ANR project. Environmental sustainable development and strategy policy.
    2006- 2010 Incalin (knowledge integration and viability methods for food quality). ANR. Programme
    nutrition alimentation humaine : http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Projet-ANR-06-PNRA-
    0017
    1997-2000. EU Project Images. Improving Agri-Environmental Policies: a Simulation Approach to
    the Role of the Cognitive Properties of Farmers and Institutions. FAIR Program.
    1993-2000. European Project BED. (Test bench and tractor diagnosis). 4 th Innovation Program.
    Coordinator.

Cette page est en construction
You may want to visit my ex-website and page:
http://www-desir.lip6.fr/~ia/
Page LIP6 (Sorbonne Université)

 

Médiation scientifique/Scientific mediation

Viabilité dans minecraft / Viability in minecraft world

 

Sélection de publications / Selection of publication (under construction)


Articles de Journal / articles

Isabelle Alvarez, Laetitia Zaleski, J-P. Briot, M. de A. Irving. Collective management of environmental commons with multiple usages: a guaranteed viability approach. Ecological Modelling, Volume 475, January 2023, 110186, on line until mid January here

Sophie Martin, Katrin Erdlenbruch, Isabelle Alvarez, Sylvie Huet, Charline Smadi. Viability, efficiency, resilience and equity: Using very diverse indicators to deal with uncertainties of future events,
Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 138, 2022, pages 56-75, on line until end of November here

F. Lavallée, C. Smadi, I. Alvarez, B. Reineking, F. Martin, F. Dommanget, S. Martin. A stochastic individual-based model for the growth of a stand of Japanese knotweed including mowing as a management technique, Ecological Modelling, Volume 413, 2019.(.pdf)

LAVALLÉE, François ; SMADI, Charline ; MARTIN, François-Marie ; ALVAREZ, Isabelle ; REINEKING, Bjoern ; DOMMANGET, Fanny ; MARTIN, Sophie, Quels apports de la modélisation pour l’aide à la gestion de la renouée du Japon ? , Revue Science Eaux & Territoires, Renouées envahissantes – Connaissances, gestions et perspectives, numéro 27, 2019, p. 108-111. Disponible en ligne.

S. Martin and I. Alvarez. Anticipating Shocks in the State Space: Characterizing Robustness and Building Increasingly Robust Evolutions. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 2019 57:1, 490-509. doi.org/10.1137/16M1061175(.pdf)

  • Ih. Haidar, I. Alvarez, A.‑C. Prévot : “Mathematical modeling of an urban pigeon population subject to local management strategies”, Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 288, pp. 71-83, (Elsevier) (2017)


  • Nathalie Perrot, Hugo de Vries, Evelyne Lutton, Harald G. J. van Mil, Mechthild Donner, et al.. Some remarks on computational approaches towards sustainable complex agri-food systems. Trends in Food Science and Technology, Elsevier, 2016, 48, pp.88-101. ⟨10.1016/j.tifs.2015.10.003⟩. ⟨hal-01269357⟩


  • Nathalie Mejean-Perrot, Hugo de Vries, Evelyne Lutton, Harald van Mil, Mechthild Donner, et al.. Some remarks on computational approaches towards sustainable complex agri-food systems. Trends in Food Science and Technology, Elsevier, 2016, pp.88 – 101. ⟨10.1016/j.tifs.2015.10.003⟩. ⟨hal-03121217⟩


  • Jean-Baptiste Rouquier, Isabelle Alvarez, Romain Reuillon, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin. A kd-tree algorithm to discover the boundary of a black box hypervolume or how to peel potatoes by recursively cutting them in halves. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, 2015, 75 (3), pp.335-350. ⟨10.1007/s10472-015-9456-8⟩. ⟨hal-00816704⟩


  • Sophie Martin, Isabelle Alvarez, Jean-Daniel Kant. Micro/macro viability analysis of individual-based models: Investigation into the viability of a stylized agricultural cooperative. Complexity, Wiley, 2015, 21 (2), pp.276-296. ⟨10.1002/cplx.21604⟩. ⟨hal-01340599⟩


  • Salma Mesmoudi, Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin, Romain Reuillon, Mariette Sicard, et al.. Coupling geometric analysis and viability theory for system exploration: Application to a living food system. Journal of Process Control, Elsevier, 2014, 24 (12), pp.18-28. ⟨10.1016/j.jprocont.2014.09.013⟩. ⟨hal-01140004⟩ (.pdf)


  • Wei Wei, Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin. Sustainability analysis: Viability concepts to consider transient and asymptotical dynamics in socio-ecological tourism-based systems. Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, 2013, 251, pp.103-113. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.10.009⟩. ⟨hal-01170511⟩
  • Mariette Sicard, Nathalie Perrot, Romain Reuillon, Salma Mesmoudi, Isabelle Alvarez, et al.. A viability approach to control food processes: Application to a Camembert cheese ripening process. Food Control, Elsevier, 2012, 23 (2), pp.312 – 319. ⟨10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.07.007⟩. ⟨hal-01004225⟩
  • Alessandro Sordoni, Jean-Pierre Briot, Isabelle Alvarez, Eurico Vasconcelos, Marta Irving, et al.. Design of a participatory decision making agent architecture based on argumentation and influence function – Application to a serious game about biodiversity conservation. RAIRO – Operations Research, EDP Sciences, 2010, 44 (4), pp.269-283. ⟨10.1051/ro/2010024⟩. ⟨hal-01169942⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Sylvie Huet. Automatic diagnosis of engine of agricultural tractors: The BED experiment. Biosystems Engineering, Elsevier, 2008, 100 (3), pp.362-369. ⟨10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.04.003⟩. ⟨hal-01170031⟩
  • François Goreaud, Isabelle Alvarez, Benoît Courbaud, François de Coligny. Long term influence of the spatial structure of an initial state on the dynamics of a forest growth model. A simulation study using the Capsis platform.. SIMULATION, SAGE Publications, 2006, 82 (7), pp.475-495. ⟨hal-01170241⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez. Explication géométrique du résultat dans les arbres de décision. Revue des Sciences et Technologies de l’Information – Série RIA : Revue d’Intelligence Artificielle, Lavoisier, 2004, 18 (3), pp.411-441. ⟨10.3166/ria.18.411-441⟩. ⟨hal-01170262⟩
  • Pierre Grenier, Isabelle Alvarez, Jean-Michel Roger, Vincent Steinmetz, Pierre Barre, et al.. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN WINE-MAKING. Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, 2000, 34, pp.61-66. ⟨hal-01195561⟩

Conference papers15 documents



  • Laetitia Zaleski, Isabelle Alvarez, Jean-Pierre Briot, Marta de Azevedo Irving. Viaduc : Un assistant de viabilité pour la négociation dans un éco-socio-système. 17èmes Rencontres des Jeunes Chercheurs en Intelligence Artificielle (RJCIA 2019), Jul 2019, Toulouse, France. pp.43-53. ⟨hal-02144474⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Ricardo Aldama, Sophie Martin, Romain Reuillon. Assessing the Resilience of Socio-Ecosystems: Coupling Viability Theory and Active Learning with kd-Trees. Application to Bilingual Societies. 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI’13, Aug 2013, Beijing, China. pp.2776-2782. ⟨hal-01216520⟩


  • Wei Wei, Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin. Algorithme d’approximation du noyau de viabilité avec procédure de classification. RFIA 2012 (Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle), Jan 2012, Lyon, France. ⟨hal-00656555⟩


  • Wei Wei, Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin, Jean-Pierre Briot, Marta de Azevedo Irving, et al.. Integration of viability models in a serious game for the management of protected areas. IADIS International Conference Intelligent Systems and Agents 2012 and IADIS European Conference Data Mining 2012, MCCSIS 2012, Jul 2012, Lisbonne, Portugal. pp.55-62. ⟨hal-00781907⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Claire Bernard, Sophie Martin, Patrick Saint-Pierre. Compétition linguistique : stratégies pour favoriser la coexistence durable en présence de bilinguisme. 48ème Colloque de l’Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française 2011, Jul 2011, Schoelcher, France. ⟨hal-01286976⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Briot, Marta Irving, Gustavo Melo, Eurico Vasconcelos, Isabelle Alvarez, et al.. A Serious Game and Artificial Agents to support Intercultural Participatory Management of Protected Areas for Biodiversity Conservation and Social Inclusion. The Second International Conference on Culture and Computing (Culture and Computing 2011), Oct 2011, Kyoto, Japan. pp.15-20, ⟨10.1109/Culture-Computing.2011.12⟩. ⟨hal-01285725⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin, Salma Mesmoudi. Describing the Result of a Classifier to the End-User: Geometric-based Sensitivity. European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Aug 2010, Lisbon, Portugal. pp.835-840, ⟨10.3233/978-1-60750-606-5-835⟩. ⟨hal-01291271⟩
  • Sophie Martin, Isabelle Alvarez. Indicateurs dynamiques de gestion durable. 23èmes Entretiens Jacques Cartier, « Vulnérabilité et résilience des écosystèmes aquatiques : de l’évaluation à un fonctionnement durable – une utopie ? », Nov 2010, Lyon, France. pp.6-15. ⟨hal-01293833⟩
  • Alessandro Sordoni, Jean-Pierre Briot, Isabelle Alvarez, Eurico Vasconcelos, Marta Irving, et al.. Design of a participatory decision making agent architecture based on argumentation and influence function – Application to a serious game about biodiversity conservation. The Symposium on COGnitive systems with Interactive Sensors (COGIS’09), Nov 2009, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01297490⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Briot, Alessandro Sordoni, Eurico Vasconcelos, Gustavo Melo, Marta Irving, et al.. Design of a Decision Maker Agent for a Distributed Role Playing Game – Experience of the SimParc Project. The AAMAS Workshop on Agents for Games and Simulations (AGS’09), May 2009, Budapest, Hungary. pp.119-134, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-11198-3_9⟩. ⟨hal-01294537⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin. Explaining a Result to the End-User: A Geometric Approach for Classification Problems. IJCAI Worshop on Explanation-Aware Computing, Jul 2009, Pasadena, California United States. pp.102-109. ⟨hal-01295296⟩
  • Salma Mesmoudi, Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin, Mariette Sicard, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin. Geometric Analysis of a Capture Basin: Application to cheese ripening process. European Conference on Complex Systems, Sep 2009, Warwick, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-01296704⟩
  • Eurico Vasconcelos, Gustavo Melo, Jean-Pierre Briot, Vinicius Sebba Patto, Alessandro Sordoni, et al.. A Serious Game for Exploring and Training in Participatory Management of National Parks for Biodiversity Conservation: Design and Experience. VIII Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGAMES’09), Oct 2009, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. pp.93-100, ⟨10.1109/SBGAMES.2009.19⟩. ⟨hal-01297912⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Stephan Bernard, Guillaume Deffuant. Keep the Decision Tree and Estimate the Class Probabilities using its Decision Boundary. The 20th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2007, Jan 2007, Hyderabad, India. pp.654-659. ⟨hal-01335029⟩

Book sections3 documents



  • Jean-Pierre Briot, Marta de Azevedo Irving, José Eurico Vasconcelos Filho, Gustavo Mendes de Melo, Isabelle Alvarez, et al.. Participatory Management of Protected Areas for Biodiversity Conservation and Social Inclusion: Experience of the SimParc Multi-Agent Based Serious Game. Diana F. Adamatti. Multi-Agent Based Simulations Applied to Biological and Environmental Systems, IGI Global, pp.295-332, 2017, Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics (ACIR) Book Series, 978-1-5225-1756-6. ⟨hal-01359644v3⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin, Olivier Dordan, Xavier Litrico, Patrick Saint-Pierre. Indicateurs de sécurité et de restauration dynamiques. Agir en situation d’incertitude, Peter Lang, pp.309-326, 2013. ⟨hal-01221725⟩
  • Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin. Geometric robustness of viability kernels and resilience basins. Viability and resilience of complex systems: concepts, methods and case studies from ecology and society., Springer, pp.193-218, 2011, 978-3642204227. ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-20423-4_8⟩. ⟨hal-01286979⟩

Preprints, Working Papers, …2 documents



  • Guillaume Deffuant, Isabelle Alvarez, Sophie Martin, Patrick Saint Pierre. APPROXIMATING BACKSTOP VIABILITY KERNELS. 2020. ⟨hal-02961487⟩


  • Isabelle Alvarez, Romain Reuillon, Ricardo de Aldama. Viabilitree: A kd-tree Framework for Viability-based Decision. 2016. ⟨hal-01319738⟩