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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology endowment.
This book proposes a new agent-based approach to studying the development of urban energy systems. Decisions of private and commercial investors and operators are modeled using a bounded rational decision model which are parameterized by socio-economic data. The study goes on to analyze the impact of firms’ competition on technology diffusion and calculate diffusion curves for energy technologies such as solar collectors, boilers and efficiency upgrades for buildings. While making an important methodological contribution to the field of energy modelling, the author also presents practical results which will help urban planners and policy makers take more accurate decisions.
As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology resources.
This book proposes a new agent-based approach to studying the development of urban energy systems. Decisions of private and commercial investors and operators are modeled using a bounded rational decision model which are parameterized by socio-economic data. The study goes on to analyze the impact of firms’ competition on technology diffusion and to calculate diffusion curves for energy technologies such as solar collectors, boilers and efficiency upgrades for buildings. While making an important methodological contribution to the field of energy modeling, the author also presents practical results, which will help policy makers and urban planners make more accurate decisions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agent-Based Models of Energy Investment Decisions
Authors: Tobias Wittmann
Series Title: Sustainability and Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2004-1
Publisher: Physica Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2003-4Published: 27 March 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2544-2Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-2004-1Published: 15 March 2008
Series ISSN: 1860-1030
Series E-ISSN: 2197-926X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 113
Topics: Energy Systems, Environmental Economics, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Energy Systems