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Modeling Interdependent Socio-technical Networks: The Smart Grid—An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

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Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications

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The aim of this paper is to improve scientific modeling of interdependent socio-technical networks. In these networks the interplay between technical or infrastructural elements on the one hand and social and behavioral aspects on the other hand, plays an important role. Examples include electricity networks, financial networks, residential choice networks. We propose an Agent-Based Modeling approach to simulate interdependent technical and social network behavior, the effects of potential policy measures and the societal impact when disturbances occur, where we focus on a specific use case: the smart grid, an intelligent system for matching supply and demand of electricity.

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  1. TNO, Delft, The Netherlands

    Daniël Worm & Julianna Becker

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    David Langley

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

    Mohammad S. Obaidat

  2. School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Slawomir Koziel

  3. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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  5. Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Worm, D., Langley, D., Becker, J. (2015). Modeling Interdependent Socio-technical Networks: The Smart Grid—An Agent-Based Modeling Approach. In: Obaidat, M., Koziel, S., Kacprzyk, J., Leifsson, L., Ören, T. (eds) Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 319. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11457-6_6

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