A method for optimal charging station placement for ships: Combining a flow-refueling location model and an agent-based simulation

Extensive electrification of the inland shipping sector is necessary to achieve the EU goals to be climate neutral and increase inland shipping by 50\% by 2050. This requires a thoughtful and large-scale roll-out of new charging stations layouts, for ships with relatively high and largely varying energy demands. Current approaches for optimal...

Sustainability Value Creation Through Circular Business Model Experimentation: Improving Industrial Symbiosis Networks through a Case Study in the Netherlands

The Effectiveness of Policy Pathways on Reducing Meat Consumption in the Netherlands: A Participatory Agent-based Modelling Approach

Reducing meat consumption is considered a crucial and urgent element in terms of reaching climate targets, public health and the protection of animal welfare. Especially in industrialised countries, it is considered the most important recommendation in the field of sustainable food consumption. The transition is difficult to realise, as meat...

How We Change Our Minds Matters: Misinformation, ABMs, and Deep Uncertainty

Misinformation on social media is an urgent grand challenge. Misinformation has caused excess deaths because people abstain from getting vaccinated and other evidence-based prevention behaviors. Misinformation also influences various other important topics such as climate change. And it has the potential to influence countless other areas. In...

Anticipating social acceptance of heating alternatives in Amsterdam: Using value conflicts in an agent-based model

The municipality of Amsterdam is currently in the middle of a heat transition. The municipalit aims to cut down the use of natural gas for space heating in order to reduce its impact on the natural environment. For the Geerdinkhof neighborhood in Amsterdam South-East, the municipality is planning to implement a district heating system. These...

Assessing Traffic Network Resilience Using Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

Urban areas are seeing influx of population and therefore are experiencing increasing stress on the systems currently in place. In traffic networks, a larger population means that their are inevitably a short term increase in mobility demands. To accommodate this, governments and and the private sector are proposing new solutions for mobility....

An Agent-Based Social Simulation Approach to Task Allocation in Aircraft Maintenance Teams

Tighter profit margins and rising aircraft complexity are currently driving the need for aircraft maintenance organizations to increase efficiency. Many organizations believe that digitization is key for improving operational performance. Digitization of the task allocation process at a large aircraft maintenance organization did unexpectedly...