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Simulations that incorporate both physical (hard) as well as psycho-social human behaviours (soft) are expected to improve situational awareness during critical events, yet are not readily available. Because of the complex nature of emergency response and, in particular, because of the potential for unforeseen interdependencies in the physical environment, it is difficult to objectively assess the...
Human-factor models are important for computer systems to i) make such systems more human aware (ie. better estimators of human behavior) and ii) make such systems demonstrate more realistic human behaviors (ie. display more human-like AI). These models expand the research horizons in domains such as multi-agent organizational simulation, as the impact of various human-factors can be investigated...
A novel capability for modelling and simulating intra- and inter-organizational collaboration in an emergency-response domain is presented. This capability combines the prescriptive, top-down view of organizations, which describes how they work “on paper,” and the descriptive, bottom-up view, which describes how they actually work, by focusing on three components in the light of agent-based modelling...
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have the potential to reduce fossil fuel use, decrease pollution, and allow renewable energy sources for transportation, but their lithium ion battery subsystems are presently too expensive. Three enhancements to PHEVs are proposed here that can improve the economics. First, the incorporation of location information into the car's energy management algorithm...
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