Adaptive Decision Making and Adaptive Management:
   Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Decision Behaviors

This project also came out of my Ph.D. dissertation and is focused on game theoretical and social psychological aspects of cooperative and non-cooperative decision behaviors in different policy settings.

Relevant papers and presentations:

Dissertation

• Zia, A. (2004) Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Decision Behaviors in Response to the Inspection and Maintenance Program in the Atlanta Airshed, 1997-2001. School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA

Papers

• Zia, A. (2006) Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Decision Behaviors in Response to the Inspection and Maintenance Program in the Atlanta Airshed, 1997-2001: The APPAM Ph.D. Dissertation Award. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25 (3): 773-775

Presentations

• Zia, A. (2005) An Emission-Inventory Based Methodology to Evaluate Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs: A Case-Study of the Atlanta Airshed 1997-2001. Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Association's 98th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Minneapolis MN. Paper no. 1310. Also appeared in Transportation Research Board’s 85th Annual Meeting as paper no. 06-1292. Available on CD-ROMs
• Zia, A. (2005) Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Decision Behaviors in Response to the Inspection and Maintenance Program in the Atlanta Airshed, 1997-2001. The 27th annual research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington DC, USA, November 2005
• Zia, A. (2003) Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Decision Behavioral Strategies: an Evaluation of the Impact of High-emitting Vehicle Owners on Vehicular Emissions in the Atlanta Airshed. The 25th annual research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington DC, USA, November 2003