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Data analyst and Simulation | Expert in R statistical software

Profile Summary

More than 20 years of experience teaching and research on data analysis, statistics, simulation and operational research with an emphasis on environmental sciences. I am an accomplished programmer in R statistical software who have worked on a wide range of data analysis projects from weather to text analysis. I have developed many models encompassing both system dynamics and discrete event simulation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Data Analysis
• ★ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Industrial Operations Research
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems
• ☆ Environmental Statistics
• ☆ Computational Sciences
• ☆ Higher Education
• ☆ Research

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Director

Universidad de Los Andes

October 2015 - Present

Professor

Universidad de Los Andes

November 1997 - Present

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Sciences (Institute of Applied Sciences)

University of North Texas

1993 - 1997

Ingeniero de Sistemas (Investigación de Operaciones)

Universidad de Los Andes

1986 - 1991

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Perazzi, Paolo Ramoni and Schuchmann, Karl L and Bortone, Magdiel Ablan and Werschitz, Alejandra Soto(2017). On the absence of the Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna (Trochilidae) from Venezuela: an analysis based on environmental niche modelling. Biodiversity data journal. (5). Pensoft Publishers

Ramoni-Perazzi, Paolo and Ablan-Bortone, Magdiel and Thielen, Dirk R(2017). A geographical analysis on the mean monthly precipitation information available of the Venezuelan Andes. Revista Geográfica Venezolana. 58. (1). p. 86--101. Universidad de los Andes

(2012). Índice de riesgo de incendio forestal dinámico para la cuenca alta del ŕıo Chama . Revista Forestal Venezolana. 002. (056). p. 127-134. Universidad de Los Andes: Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Merida (Venezuela).

(2011). Evaluación de tres técnicas heuŕısticas para resolver un modelo de planificación del aprovechamiento en plantaciones forestales industriales. Interciencia. 36. (5). Asociaci{\'o}n Interciencia

Ablan, Magdiel and M{\'a}rquez, Renny and Rivas, Yuraima and Molina, Ana and Querales, Jos{\'e}(2011). Una librerıa en R para validación de modelos de simulación An R library for validation of simulation models. Revista Ciencia e Ingenieŕıa.

(2011). Métodos heuŕısticos en la planificación del manejo forestal: Un ejemplo de aplicación.

Ter{\'a}n, Oswaldo and Quintero, Norelkis and Abl{\'a}n, Magdiel and {\'A}lvarez, Johanna and others(2010). Multiagent-based social simulation: the case of the Caparo Forest Reserve, Venezuela. Interciencia. 35. (9). p. 696--703. Asociaci{\'o}n Interciencia

Freitez, Juan A and Ablan, Magdiel and G{\'o}mez, Carlos(2009). Propuesta de modelos predictivos del brote de la Sigatoka Negra para las plantaciones de plátano al sur del Lago de Maracaibo, Venezuela| Proposal of predictive models of Black Sigatoka for plantain plantations at south of Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela. UDO Agŕıcola. 9. (1).

Pe{\~n}a, Eloy and Ablan, Magdiel and Ram{\'\i}rez, Vicente and M{\'a}rquez, Renny(2009). Modelo del sistema de distribución de aguas blancas en la ciudad de Mérida. Ciencia e Ingenieŕıa. 30. (3). p. 247--258. Universidad de los Andes

Acevedo, Miguel F and Callicott, J Baird and Monticino, Michael and Lyons, Donald and Palomino, Jenny and Rosales, Judith and Delgado, Luz and Ablan, Magdiel and Davila, Jacinto and Tonella, Giorgio and others(2008). Models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes: Cross-site and cross-cultural synthesis. Geoforum. 39. (2). p. 846--866. Elsevier

Ablan, Magdiel and Rigoberto, Andressen and Vargas, Mary Pili and Acevedo, Miguel(2008). Propuesta metodológica para el control de calidad de datos de precipitación. Agronoḿıa Tropical. 58. (1). p. 57--60. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agr{\'\i}colas (INIA)

Acevedo, Miguel F and Rosales, Judith and Delgado, L and Ablan, Magdiel and D{\'a}vila, Jacinto and Callicot, John Baird and Monticino, Michael(2007). Modelos de interacción humano-ambiental: el enfoque de la Biocomplejidad. Revista Ecosistemas. 16. (3).

Ter{\'a}n, Oswaldo and Alvarez, Johanna and Ablan, Magdiel and Jaimes, Manuel(2007). Characterising Land Holding Size Distributions in a Forest Reserve. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 10. (3). p. 6.

Ter{\'a}n, Oswaldo and Alvarez, Johanna and Ablan, Magdiel and Jaimes, Manuel(2007). Characterising emergence of landowners in a forest reserve. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 10. (3). p. 6.

Moreno, Niandry and Quintero, Raquel and Ablan, Magdiel and Barros, Rodrigo and D{\'a}vila, Jacinto and Ram{\'\i}rez, Hirma and Tonella, Giorgio and Acevedo, Miguel F(2007). Biocomplexity of deforestation in the Caparo tropical forest reserve in Venezuela: an integrated multi-agent and cellular automata model. Environmental Modelling & Software. 22. (5). p. 664--673. Elsevier

(2006). Simulación de la dinámica de un bosque tropical en los llanos occidentales de Venezuela. Interciencia. 31. (2). p. 101--109. Asociaci{\'o}n Interciencia

(2004). A Model of the biocomplexity of deforestation in tropical forest: Caparo case study.

(2002). SpaSim: a software to simulate cellular automata models.

Ablan, Magdiel and Andressen, Rigoberto and Casanova, Edward and G{\'o}mez, Carlos and Guada, Carlos and Jaimez, Ram{\'o}n and N{\'u}nez, Luis A and Torrens, Rodrigo and Urdaneta, Marielena(2001). SIBiLa: Sistema de Información Bioclimática del Lago de Maracaibo. Pronóstico de Plagas, una aplicación.

Acevedo, Miguel F and Ablan, Magdiel and Urban, Dean L and Pamarti, Siva(2001). Estimating parameters of forest patch transition models from gap models. Environmental Modelling & Software. 16. (7). p. 649--658. Elsevier

Acevedo, Miguel F and Pamarti, Siva and Ablan, Magdiel and Urban, Dean L and Mikler, Armin(2001). Modeling forest landscapes: parameter estimation from gap models over heterogeneous terrain. Simulation. 77. (1-2). p. 53--68. Sage Publications Sage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA

Morton, Michael G and Dickson, Kenneth L and Waller, William T and Acevedo, Miguel F and Mayer Jr, Foster L and Ablan, Magdiel(2000). Methodology for the evaluation of cumulative episodic exposure to chemical stressors in aquatic risk assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: An International Journal. 19. (4). p. 1213--1221. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hoboken

Ablan, Magdiel(1998). Forest landscape dynamics: A semi-Markov modeling approach.

(1997). Estimating pesticide exposure in tidal streams of Leadenwah Creek, South Carolina. Journal of toxicology and environmental health. 52. (4). p. 295--316. Taylor \& Francis

Acevedo, Miguel F and Urban, Dean L and Ablan, Magdiel(1996). Landscape scale forest dynamics: GIS, gap and transition models. GIS and environmental modeling: Progress and research issues. p. 181--85. Gis World

Acevedo, Miguel F and Urban, DL and Ablan, Magdiel(1995). Transition and gap models of forest dynamics. Ecological Applications. 5. (4). p. 1040--1055. Ecological Society of America

ABLAN, MAGDIELPlanificación del aprovechamiento forestal utilizando algoritmos genéticos.

Zerpa, Francisco and Acevedo, Miguel and Ablan, Magdiel and Garc{\'\i}a, SelmaSIPCIV: UN SISTEMA DE INFORMACIÓN ESPACIO-TEMPORAL PARA CARACTERIZAR ÁREAS AFECTADAS POR INCENDIOS.

Ablan, MagdielMétodos heuŕısticos para la planificación y el manejo forestal.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Ter{\'a}n, O and Alvarez, J and Jaimes, M and Ablan, M(2005). Land occupation and land use change in a forest reserve: A MABS Approach. CABMHRMA-SMGET Joint International Conference on Multi-Agent Modelling for Environmental Management, Saint Maurice--Les Arcs, France. p. 21--25.

Ablan, M and D{\'a}vila, M and Hoeger, H and Ramos, A and Rivas, E and Zerpa, F(2005). Modelling fire risk: the upper caroni watershed case. Proceedings of the VI ASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization.

Ablan, Magdiel and D{\'a}vila, Jacinto and Moreno, Niandry and Quintero, Raquel and Uzc{\'a}tegui, Mayerlin(2003). Agent Modelling of the Caparo Forest Reserve. The 2003 European Simulation and Modelling Conference. ISBN. p. 90--77381.

Acevedo, Miguel and McGregor, Kent and Andressen, Rigoberto and Ramirez, Hirma and Ablan, Magdiel(2001). Relations of climate variability in Venezuela to tropical Pacific SST anomalies. Final Proc. 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society. San Antonio Texas, USA. p. 1--31.