System Dynamics Project: The case of Electricity in Shanghai

The increasing energy demand in China due to urbanization has made the study of different energy policies in big cities a crucial topic of discussion. This is a complex problem since the electricity market is a multi-actor system where various actors may have a great influence on the main issue we are focusing on. In order to reduce the energy...

Method for determining a spring constant for a deformable scanning probe microscope element, and scanning probe microscope and calibration device arranged for determining a spring constant for a probe element

A method for determining a spring constant k for a deformable probe element (102) of a scanning probe microscope SPM (100). The probe (102) has an outer surface area consisting of a tip area (112) on a first probe side (108) and a tip-less area (113). The probe (102) also has a probe electrode (114) and a scanning probe tip (104) in the tip area...

An Ontology for City Logistics: Facilitating agent-based modelling

This report contains the detailed course of designing an ontology that formalises the domain knowledge of City Logistics and in turn facilitates relevant agent-based modelling. Validation and example of application are also included. The formal output of this work is an ontology document edited with Web Ontology Language (OWL) and is named as ...