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Defining Relevance and Finding Rules: An Agent-Based Model of Biomass Use in the Humber Area

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Advances in Social Simulation

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The field of industrial ecology applies ecosystem theory to industrial production, human consumption and societies. This article presents a case study of the development of the bio-based economy in the area surrounding the Humber estuary in the North-East of England. The study developed an agent-based model to simulate the evolution of the industrial system. We explain how the qualitative research process led to the development of a toy model that has successively been specified.

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  1. University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7HX, United Kingdom

    Frank Schiller, Anne Skeldon, Tina Balke, Michelle Grant, Alexandra S. Penn, Paul Jensen, Nigel Gilbert, Ozge Dilaver Kalkan & Amy Woodward

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    Lauren Basson

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Schiller, F. et al. (2014). Defining Relevance and Finding Rules: An Agent-Based Model of Biomass Use in the Humber Area. In: Kamiński, B., Koloch, G. (eds) Advances in Social Simulation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 229. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39829-2_33

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