Autonomous agent-based management [water supply]

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Agent Based

scholarly journals Agent Based Models of Polymicrobial Biofilms and the Microbiome—A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Sherli Koshy-Chenthittayil ◽  
Linda Archambault ◽  
Dhananjai Senthilkumar ◽  
Reinhard Laubenbacher ◽  
Pedro Mendes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Interactions ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Human Microbiome ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Agent Based Models ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Mucosal Surfaces ◽  
Living Organisms

The human microbiome has been a focus of intense study in recent years. Most of the living organisms comprising the microbiome exist in the form of biofilms on mucosal surfaces lining our digestive, respiratory, and genito-urinary tracts. While health-associated microbiota contribute to digestion, provide essential nutrients, and protect us from pathogens, disturbances due to illness or medical interventions contribute to infections, some that can be fatal. Myriad biological processes influence the make-up of the microbiota, for example: growth, division, death, and production of extracellular polymers (EPS), and metabolites. Inter-species interactions include competition, inhibition, and symbiosis. Computational models are becoming widely used to better understand these interactions. Agent-based modeling is a particularly useful computational approach to implement the various complex interactions in microbial communities when appropriately combined with an experimental approach. In these models, each cell is represented as an autonomous agent with its own set of rules, with different rules for each species. In this review, we will discuss innovations in agent-based modeling of biofilms and the microbiota in the past five years from the biological and mathematical perspectives and discuss how agent-based models can be further utilized to enhance our comprehension of the complex world of polymicrobial biofilms and the microbiome.

Modeling the actors in water supply systems

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Tillman ◽  
T. A. Larsen ◽  
C. Pahl-Wostl ◽  
W. Gujer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Trend Analysis ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
First Results ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Supply Systems

A methodology is developed to reveal the dynamics of behavior and interactions among actors (stakeholders) in water supply systems and their effect on the technical network and the ecological and socio-economic environment. An agent-based model is under construction which allows to simulate different scenarios of the actors' behavior and to compare the results with observed phenomena (stylized facts) of Swiss cities. First results further clarify the significance of demand trend analysis. We envision the model in a final stage as being helpful to tackle the task of illuminating the diffusive claims, expectations and interactions of the actors involved. Knowledge about these processes is crucial to uncover bottlenecks hindering the sustainable development of our water supply systems into the future.

Influence of government controls over the currency exchange rate in the evolution of Hurst's exponent: An autonomous agent-based model

2007 ◽  
Vol 386 (2) ◽  
pp. 786-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Chávez Muñoz ◽  
Marcus Fernandes da Silva ◽  
José Vivas Miranda ◽  
Francisco Claro ◽  
Raimundo Gomez Diniz
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Currency Exchange ◽  
Currency Exchange Rate

Water Supply Clusters by Multi-Agent Based Approach

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Herrera ◽  
Joaquín Izquierdo ◽  
Rafael Pérez-García ◽  
David Ayala-Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Multi Agent

Pricing Strategies for Competing Adaptive Retailers Facing Complex Consumer Behavior: Agent-based Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (06) ◽  
pp. 1909-1939
Author(s):  
Heng Du ◽  
Tiaojun Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Wholesale Price ◽  
Optimal Choice ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Pricing Strategies ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Uniform Pricing ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines pricing strategies for two adaptive retailers competing on two products in the presence of complex consumer behavior, where consumers own heterogeneous product and store valuations and the number of potential consumers is random. Each retailer can choose one from two pricing strategies: the uniform pricing format (offering the same price for two products) or the differentiated pricing format (offering different prices). Utilizing agent-based model (each retailer is modeled as an autonomous agent with the reinforcement learning behavior), we find that: (i) the differentiated pricing format is not always the optimal choice; (ii) when the uncertainty of one product/store valuation is a little larger than that of the rival, both retailers should adopt uniform pricing. Besides, when wholesale price contract is endogenous, we find that supplier’s pricing behavior can change the impact of the fixed cost on the pricing strategy.

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