Agent-Based Modelling of Socio-Technical Systems
By: edited by Koen H. Dam, Igor Nikolic, Zofia Lukszo
Contributors: Nikolic, Igor; Lukszo, Zofia; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Agent-Based Social Systems -- 9
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9789400749337
Subjects: Energy Technology; Economics; Simulation and Modeling; Engineering; Economics/Management Science, general; Complexity; Computer simulation; Social sciences; Computer science; Electrical engineering; Physics; Computational intelligence; Social Sciences, general
Description: <p>Decision makers in large scale interconnected network systems require simulation models for decision support. The behaviour of these systems is determined by many actors, situated in a dynamic, multi-actor, multi-objective and multi-level environment. How can such systems be modelled and how can the socio-technical complexity be captured? Agent-based modelling is a proven approach to handle this challenge.</p><p>This book provides a practical introduction to agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems, based on a methodology that has been developed at Delft University of Technology and which has been deployed in a large number of case studies. The book consists of two parts: the first presents the background, theory and methodology as well as practical guidelines and procedures for building models. In the second part this theory is applied to a number of case studies, where for each model the development steps are presented extensively, preparing the reader for creating own models.</p>
Table of contents: title: <p>Foreword by Prof Nigel Gilbert; title: Preface by the editors; title: 1 Introduction; G.P.J. Dijkema, Z. Lukszo and M.P.C. Weijnen.<i>- </i><br>Part I Theory and practice; title: 2 Theory; I. Nikolic and J. Kasmire<i>.-</i>3 Practice; I. Nikolic, K.H. van Dam and J. Kasmire<i>.-</i> Part II Case Studies; title: 4 Introduction to the Case Studies; K.H. van Dam, I. Nikolic and Z. Lukszo<i>.-</i> 5 Agent-Based Models of Supply Chains; B. Behdani, K.H. van Dam and Z. Lukszo<i>.-</i> 6 An Agent-Based Model of Consumer Lighting; E.J.L. Chappin and M.R. Afman<i>.-</i> 7 An Agent-based Model of CO2 Policies and Electricity Generation; E.J.L. Chappin and G.P.J. Dijkema<i>.-</i> 8 An Agent-Based Model of a Mobile Phone Production, Consumption and Recycling Network; L.A. Bollinger, C.B. Davis and I. Nikolic<i>.-</i> 9 Next Steps in Modelling Socio-Technical Systems: Towards Collaborative Modelling; A. Chmieliauskas, C.B. Davis and L.A. Bollinger<i>.-</i> <br>List of Contributors; title: Index.</p>.