Agent-Based Modelling of Socio-Technical Systems

✍ Scribed by G. P. J. Dijkema, Z. Lukszo, M. P. C. Weijnen (auth.), Koen H. van Dam, Igor Nikolic, Zofia Lukszo (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 284
• Series: Agent-Based Social Systems 9
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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. This book provides a practical introduction to agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems, based on a methodology that has been developed at TU Delft 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Theory....Pages 11-71
Practice....Pages 73-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Introduction to the Case Studies....Pages 141-149
Agent-Based Models of Supply Chains....Pages 151-180
An Agent-Based Model of Consumer Lighting....Pages 181-200
An Agent-Based Model of CO 2 Policies and Electricity Generation....Pages 201-219
An Agent-Based Model of a Mobile Phone Production, Consumption and Recycling Network....Pages 221-243
Next Steps in Modelling Socio-technical Systems: Towards Collaborative Modelling....Pages 245-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-267

✦ Subjects

Simulation and Modeling;Complexity;Computational Intelligence;Social Sciences, general;Economics/Management Science, general;Energy Technology