Title :
Multi-agent simulator in transport sector for low carbon society
Author :
Akiyama, Toyokazu ; Inokuchi, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil, Environ. & Appl., Syst. Eng., Kansai Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
The carbon dioxide emission of transport section is an important issue to realize the low carbon society. In the study, the multi-agent simulation model is developed to evaluate the transport policy. The decision models of trip makers for modal choice and car ownership are formulated to estimate the impact of transport policy in the artificial society. In particular, the agent decision of electric vehicles (EV) ownership is assumed to be influenced by the surrounding ecological environment. These decision models are described by fuzzy logic. The reduction process of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission can be observed in time series diagrams as well as the distribution on individual wards. Finally, it is concluded that the low carbon society is realized by introducing the electric vehicles with particular regulations.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; digital simulation; electric vehicles; environmental science computing; fuzzy logic; multi-agent systems; time series; CO2 emission; EV; artificial society; car ownership; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide emission; ecological environment; electric vehicles; fuzzy logic; low carbon society; multiagent simulator; time series diagrams; transport policy; transport sector; electric vehicles; fuzzy reasoning; low carbon society; multi-agent model;
Conference_Titel :
Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems (SCIS) and 13th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS), 2012 Joint 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2742-8
DOI :
10.1109/SCIS-ISIS.2012.6505284