General Methodology for Action-Oriented Industrial Ecology Complex Systems Approach Applied to the Rotterdam Industrial Cluster

Author

Nikolic, Igor ; Dijkema, Gerard P J ; Van Dam, Koen H. ; Lukszo, Zofia

Author_Institution

Energy & Ind. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol.

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0

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0-0 0

Firstpage

831

Lastpage

836

Abstract

A new approach for the understanding and shaping of the evolution of large scale socio-technical systems is presented. A proof-of-concept knowledge application has been developed, based on the industrial Rotterdam-Rijnmond case. The knowledge application includes the design of a model of industry-infrastructure evolution. Such networks are modeled via a system decomposition, formalization in an ontology and implementation of an agent based model. In simulation runs several network metrics are presented. The results provide insights in real world system behavior and show the validity and potential of the approach

Keywords

adaptive systems; design for environment; ecology; large-scale systems; multi-agent systems; ontologies (artificial intelligence); sustainable development; Rotterdam industrial center; action-oriented industrial ecology; agent based model; complex systems approach; general methodology; industrial Rotterdam-Rijnmond case; industry-infrastructure evolution; large scale socio-technical systems; network metrics; proof-of-concept knowledge application; real world system behavior; system decomposition; Adaptive systems; Biological system modeling; Decision making; Electronic mail; Environmental factors; Large-scale systems; Metals industry; Power generation economics; Sociotechnical systems; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking, Sensing and Control, 2006. ICNSC '06. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0065-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSC.2006.1673254

Filename

1673254