In this paper we describe a human organ selection process in which agents argue over whether a given donor’s organ is viable for transplantation. This process is framed in the CARREL System; an agent-based organization designed to improve the overall transplant process. We formalize an argumentation based framework that enables CARREL agents to construct and assess arguments for and against the...

Market-makers have been used by global stock exchanges as well as prediction markets to maintain liquidity and orderly price transitions in the financial markets. We use an agent-based model of the financial markets to analyze the behavior of market-makers employing various strategies. We empirically evaluate the performance of the market-makers in the financial market to demonstrate the streng...

This paper proposes an agent-based model that combines both spot and balancing electricity markets. From this model, we develop a multi-agent simulation to study the integration of the consumers’ flexibility into the system. Our study identifies the conditions that real-time prices may lead to higher electricity costs, which in turn contradicts the usual claim that such a pricing scheme reduces...

The concept of activity-based models was introduced as an alternative to existing trip-based and tour-based models a few decades ago. Potentially, activity-based models are able to predict individuals’ secondary responses, i.e. rescheduling of activities, as well as primary responses to changes in transport and land-use systems. In addition, the models are sensitive to changes affecting the tim...

Slums provide shelter for nearly one third of the world’s urban population, most of them in the developing world. Slumulation represents an agent-based model which explores questions such as i) how slums come into existence, expand or disappear ii) where and when they emerge in a city and iii) which processes may improve housing conditions for urban poor. The model has three types of agents tha...

NetworkThing [both PhysicalThings and SocialNetworks have a network structure. However, they can change their topology while remaining the same network – which a network considered as a

This paper describes an agent-based analysis approach to determine in which way a net zero house can be obtained. In particular, it addresses agent-based simulation to estimate annual energy usage for heating based on an air to water heat pump. Based on the introduced approach house owners will be able to decide on the specifications for further renewable energy production systems to be install...

The formative assessment process and the difficulties found in online assessment overloads the educators activities. The doctoral research presented in this paper aims to reduce this overload through a formative assessment support based on interface agents.