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Neutrosophic Critic Mcdm Methodology For Ranking Factors And Needs Of Customers In Product's Target Demographic In Virtual Reality Metaverse, Ahmed Sleem, Nehal Mostafa, Ibrahim Elhenawy Feb 2023

Neutrosophic Critic Mcdm Methodology For Ranking Factors And Needs Of Customers In Product's Target Demographic In Virtual Reality Metaverse, Ahmed Sleem, Nehal Mostafa, Ibrahim Elhenawy

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Affective design has come to place a premium on customer-centric creativity, which ultimately results in the creation of a product tailored to the requirements of a certain demographic. Designing a fresh and original item that appeals to clients remains challenging, despite the abundance of literature on customer-centric creativity and impact product design. This is so because optimizing technological and aesthetical design aspects and variables for a group of consumers is highly complicated, and for the same reasons that it is hard to know a customer's choice, enable the product's functioning, etc. One of the most important parts of creating cutting-edge …


Comparing Boys’ And Girls’ Attitudes Toward Computer Science, Danielle Scott, Amiee Zou, Sharin Rawhiya Jacob, Debra Richardson, Mark Warschauer Feb 2023

Comparing Boys’ And Girls’ Attitudes Toward Computer Science, Danielle Scott, Amiee Zou, Sharin Rawhiya Jacob, Debra Richardson, Mark Warschauer

Journal of Computer Science Integration

Women are severely underrepresented in computer science (CS) degrees and careers. While student interest is a key predictor of success, little is known about how elementary students from underserved groups, such as girls, develop their interest in CS. To address this issue, we examined the differences in attitudes between upper elementary girls and boys towards CS after participating in a yearlong, inquiry-based CS curriculum designed for diverse learners. Pre-and-post surveys on students’ attitudes towards CS (n = 108) were delivered before and after student participation in the curriculum. Results from the survey showed only two demonstrated significant differences between boys …


Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation Platform Of Loop Control For Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Process, Tianzheng Wang, Jian Tang, Heng Xia, Junfei Qiao Feb 2023

Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation Platform Of Loop Control For Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Process, Tianzheng Wang, Jian Tang, Heng Xia, Junfei Qiao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To accurately simulate and realize the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) loop control of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) process, a distributed hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform consisting of a real device layer and a virtual object layer is developed based on the actual industrial process. The mechanism model is qualitatively described, and a data-driven virtual process object model in terms of loop control is established. The software subsystems of the platform and their cooperative operation mode are designed based on the control requirement. The hardware and software of the proposed platform are built and experimentally verified based on actual industrial …


A Simulation Method Of Airborne Radar Real-Time Detection Based On Three-Dimensional Subdivision, Ying Xu, Shuai Zhang, Zhige Xie, Xinhai Xu, Manhui Sun, Ning Guo Feb 2023

A Simulation Method Of Airborne Radar Real-Time Detection Based On Three-Dimensional Subdivision, Ying Xu, Shuai Zhang, Zhige Xie, Xinhai Xu, Manhui Sun, Ning Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The emergence and rapid development of UAVs make the target detection of UAV airborne radar in combat simulation great research valuable. In the existing combat simulation platforms at home and abroad, the detection relationship between radar and target is pairwise interactive, and the calculation overhead increases linearly or ultra-linear following the increase of entity numbers, which is difficult to carry out the large-scale real-time combat simulation. Based on the concept of three-dimensional meshing, an airborne radar target detection simulation method is proposed, which can quickly judge the success or failure of detection by making a detection template before simulation …


Design And Implementation Of Industrial Robot Remote Monitoring System In Cloud Manufacturing, Yongkui Liu, Lin Zhang, Yingfu Liu, Jianyong Feng, Bo Yu, Wenbo Niu Feb 2023

Design And Implementation Of Industrial Robot Remote Monitoring System In Cloud Manufacturing, Yongkui Liu, Lin Zhang, Yingfu Liu, Jianyong Feng, Bo Yu, Wenbo Niu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Considering the lack of the existing research on cloud manufacturing monitoring system and the lack of scalability and flexibility of existing remote monitoring system, and taking deep reinforcement learning-based industrial robot intelligent grasping as an application scenario, a micro-service architecture-based remote monitoring system for cloud manufacturing is developed, to carry out the requirement analysis and design of the monitoring system, and the remote monitoring of industrial robot intelligent grasping processes is realized. Test results show that the system can meet the monitoring requirements of resource providers, platform operator(s) and service consumers.


Design Of System Combat Simulation Platform For Complex Electromagnetic Environment, Baiyuan Ding, Fuling Mu, Yunpeng Li, Zhongkuan Chen, Chengyu Liu Feb 2023

Design Of System Combat Simulation Platform For Complex Electromagnetic Environment, Baiyuan Ding, Fuling Mu, Yunpeng Li, Zhongkuan Chen, Chengyu Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: War gaming and simulation can be divided into four levels of strategy、campaign、tactics and technique. Existing system combat simulation platforms of campaign and tactics at home and abroad cannot drive the special model of electromagnetic equipment in technique level, resulting in the low fidelity of battlefield complex electromagnetic environment simulation. To solve the problem, flexible analysis modeling and exercise system(FLAMES) model architecture as the reference, based on the simulation engine library of a discrete event system simulator(ADEVS), a flexible operation simulation platform(FOSim) is designed and developed, which integrates three levels of campaign, tactics and technology, supports three levels independence simulation …


Machine Learning-Based Simulation Research Of On-Line Subway Pedestrian Flow Control, Jiajie Shi, Peng Yang, Yannan Pi Feb 2023

Machine Learning-Based Simulation Research Of On-Line Subway Pedestrian Flow Control, Jiajie Shi, Peng Yang, Yannan Pi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In recent years, a large number of digital experiments have been carried out in the field of space launch, such as digital design verification, digital joint training and simulation training, and rocket-ground joint simulation evaluation, all of which involve the space launch information visualization. Through virtual reality technology, system simulation technology, data visualization technology, etc., on the basis of multi-thread, multi-module architecture design idea, and message queue system interaction mode, the space launch visual simulation analysis technology platform with functions of data management, scenario management, calculation management, and script management is constructed. The application cases of visual simulation analysis …


Takeout Distribution Routes Optimization Considering Order Clustering Under Dynamic Demand, Houming Fan, Fushan Xian, Huaiqi Wang Feb 2023

Takeout Distribution Routes Optimization Considering Order Clustering Under Dynamic Demand, Houming Fan, Fushan Xian, Huaiqi Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Takeout distribution optimization includes order allocation and route planning. Aiming at dynamic order and rider position change, with the goal of minimizing the overtime order proportion, average delivery time and average travel distance,a two-stage mathematical model is established based on the idea of pre-optimization and dynamic adjustment. In the pre-optimization stage, an improved variable neighborhood search algorithm is designed to obtain the initial distribution scheme. In the dynamic adjustment stage, a periodic optimization strategy is adopted to transform the problem into a virtual distribution center vehicle problem for solution. In each stage,different clustering methods are used to optimize the …


Demand Forecasting Method Of Emergency Materials Based On Metabolic Gray Markov, Long Ma, Baodong Qin, Na Lu, Meng Kou Feb 2023

Demand Forecasting Method Of Emergency Materials Based On Metabolic Gray Markov, Long Ma, Baodong Qin, Na Lu, Meng Kou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the prediction accuracy of the demand for emergency materials of people affected by the disaster, a forecasting method based on metabolism-gray Markov's is proposed. To realize the dynamic prediction of the number of people affected by the disaster, according to demand forecast ideas, the prediction model of metabolism-gray Markov fused is constructed progressively through gray, Markov and metabolism theories. A flexible demand forecasting model for emergency supplies is built through safety stock theory to complete the balance of supply and demand between people number and the materials demand. The prediction results of different …


Se(3)-Based Finite-Time Fault-Tolerant Control Of Spacecraft Integrated Attitude-Orbit, Yafei Mei, Ying Liao, Kejie Gong, Xingyu Zheng Feb 2023

Se(3)-Based Finite-Time Fault-Tolerant Control Of Spacecraft Integrated Attitude-Orbit, Yafei Mei, Ying Liao, Kejie Gong, Xingyu Zheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For relative motion spacecraft, when the actuator fails and the external disturbance and system uncertainty occur simultaneously, a finite-time fault-tolerant control method is proposed on the basis of the robustness of sliding mode control. A single-rigid spacecraft integrated attitude-orbit model is established based on Lie Group SE(3), and the relative motion spacecraft error dynamic equation is derived in exponential coordinates. A class of non-singular fast terminal sliding surface is designed, and the equivalent adaptive method is adopted to design the controller to estimate and compensate the total disturbance. The proposed fault-tolerant control algorithm can be independent from fault diagnosis …


Research On Image Super-Resolution Reconstruction Based On Loss Extraction Feedback Attention Network, Hong Sun, Yuxiang Zhang, Yuelan Ling Feb 2023

Research On Image Super-Resolution Reconstruction Based On Loss Extraction Feedback Attention Network, Hong Sun, Yuxiang Zhang, Yuelan Ling

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Since the first application of convolutional neural network to the field of super-resolution image reconstruction (super-resolution convolutional neural network, SRCNN), a large number of studies have proved that deep learning can improve the effect of image reconstruction. Aiming at the too many parameters in the image super-resolution network and the insufficient utilization of image features resulting in less available high-frequency information, a loss extraction feedback attention network (LEFAN) is proposed to reuse parameters in a circular way and increase the reuse of low-resolution image features to capture more high-frequency information. The loss caused in the reconstruction process is extracted …


Research On Cooperative Path Planning Model Of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles In Real Environment, Guohui Zhang, Xuan Wang, Yanan Zhang, Ang Gao Feb 2023

Research On Cooperative Path Planning Model Of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles In Real Environment, Guohui Zhang, Xuan Wang, Yanan Zhang, Ang Gao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The cluster combat application of unmanned ground vehicles(UVS) is a hot research issue of the intersection of artificial intelligence and battle command. Aiming at the cooperative path planning multiple unmanned vehicles not meeting the dynamic threat condition requirement, by combining the global path planning algorithm A-STAR with the local path planning algorithm RL, from the perspective of perception to behavioral decision making, the cooperative path planning model of multiple unmanned vehicles is studied. The cooperative combat situation threat algorithm, state and action space, reward function and sphere of influence function are designed, the sub-models of formation configuration strategy generation …


Dqn-Based Joint Scheduling Method Of Heterogeneous Tt&C Resources, Naiyang Xue, Dan Ding, Yutong Jia, Zhiqiang Wang, Yuan Liu Feb 2023

Dqn-Based Joint Scheduling Method Of Heterogeneous Tt&C Resources, Naiyang Xue, Dan Ding, Yutong Jia, Zhiqiang Wang, Yuan Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Joint scheduling of heterogeneous TT&C resources as research object, a deep Q network (DQN) algorithm based on reinforcement learning is proposed. The characteristics of the joint scheduling problem of heterogeneous TT&C resources being fully analyzied and mathematical language being used to describe the constraints affecting the solution, a resource joint scheduling model is established. From the perspective of applying reinforcement learning, two neural networks with the same structure and the action selection strategies based onεgreedy algorithm are respectively designed after Markov decision process description, and DQN solution framework is established. The simulation results show that DQN-based heterogeneous …


Online Classification Method For Motor Imagery Eeg With Spatial Information, Fengwei Yang, Peng Chen, Kai Xi, Hualin Pu, Xueyin Liu Feb 2023

Online Classification Method For Motor Imagery Eeg With Spatial Information, Fengwei Yang, Peng Chen, Kai Xi, Hualin Pu, Xueyin Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: EEG-based BCI system can help the daily life and rehabilitation training of limb movement disorders patients. Due to the low signal-to-noise ratio and large individual differences of EEG signals, the accuracy and efficiency of EEG feature extraction and classification are not high, which affects the wide application of online BCI system. A CNN with spatial information is proposed for the online classification of MI-EEG signals. The reordered MI-EEG is convolved horizontally and vertically respectively. With the contralateral effect of motor imagery ERD/ERS phenomenon, the spatial information in MI-EEG is fully utilized to achieve the real-time acquisition and classification of …


Simulation Of Occluded Pedestrian Detection Based On Improved Yolo, Nan Xiang, Lu Wang, Chongliu Jia, Yuemou Jian, Xiaoxia Ma Feb 2023

Simulation Of Occluded Pedestrian Detection Based On Improved Yolo, Nan Xiang, Lu Wang, Chongliu Jia, Yuemou Jian, Xiaoxia Ma

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the high missed detection rates and low accuracy of existing YOLO for occlusion and multi-scale pedestrian targets, an improved pedestrian detection algorithm is proposed. YOLO backbone is modified to enhance the capabilities of cross-scale feature extraction. To increase thepedestrian feature fusion capabilities of different scales, a spatial pyramid pooling module and two attention mechanisms are introduced at different positions in front of YOLO layers. Aiming at the detection performance degradation due to the extreme complexity of network module and to improve the model training efficiency, the network structure is pruned according to the actual …


Evacuation Dynamics Research Based On Evolutionary Game Theory, Qiaoru Li, Jinxiu Yan, Xiaoyong Tian, Kun Li, Xia Li Feb 2023

Evacuation Dynamics Research Based On Evolutionary Game Theory, Qiaoru Li, Jinxiu Yan, Xiaoyong Tian, Kun Li, Xia Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to study the impact of individual cooperative behavior on the overall pedestrian evacuation efficiency, combined with cellular automata and social force model, the co-evolution of evacuation system dynamics and "cooperative behavior" is studied, and an evacuation dynamics research method based on evolutionary game theory is proposed. The cellular automata model is used as the basic simulation framework, and the social force model is used to represent the psychological repulsion among the practitioners. The evacuation individual strategy is updated through evolutionary game. The simulation results show that when the game gain coefficient exceeds a certain threshold, the …


Efficient Hmm Map Matching Method Using R-Tree And Trajectory Segmentation, Yanjiao Song, Jiayue Zhou, Longhao Wang, Jing Wu, Rui Li, Xiaoping Rui Feb 2023

Efficient Hmm Map Matching Method Using R-Tree And Trajectory Segmentation, Yanjiao Song, Jiayue Zhou, Longhao Wang, Jing Wu, Rui Li, Xiaoping Rui

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the incapability of traditional methods to efficiently process massive trajectory data, an improved HMM (hidden-Markov model) map matching algorithm is proposed. Spatial index for road networks is established through R-tree spatial index. GPS trajectory data are segmented based on the position change rates of trajectory points. R-tree index is used to quickly determine the candidate road section that sub-trajectories belong to, and the key points of the sub-trajectories instead of the entire sub-trajectories are selected to judge which road the sub-trajectories should be matched with. The map matching of each sub-trajectory is carried out on …


Research On Digital Twin Credibility Assessment Process And Index, Fan Yang, Ping Ma, Wei Li, Ming Yang Feb 2023

Research On Digital Twin Credibility Assessment Process And Index, Fan Yang, Ping Ma, Wei Li, Ming Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the application field expansion of digital twin technology, in order to meet the requirement of digital twin credibility and promote the digital twin credibility assessment, the credibility assessment process and indicators of digital twin are researched. The development process of digital twin is analyzed and the construction method of flexible multi-layer digital twin credibility assessment process model based on IDEF0 is proposed. Two index systems, process-stage-activity layers(P-S-A) and activity-element-feature layers(A-E-F),are proposed to solve the problems of defect backtracking and evaluation of complex objects. Several examples of index system are given.


Research On Real-Time Gesture Classification Algorithm Based On Imu And Semg Mixed Signals, Tao Wang, Yingnian Wu, Rui Yang, Yueying Sun Feb 2023

Research On Real-Time Gesture Classification Algorithm Based On Imu And Semg Mixed Signals, Tao Wang, Yingnian Wu, Rui Yang, Yueying Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the gesture classification accuracy of surface electromyography (sEMG), the mixed signal of attitude and sEMG is collected by inertial measurement unit (IMU) and EMG sensor, and a GRU-BiLSTM double-layer network real-time gesture classification algorithm is proposed. The first layer of gated recurrent unit (GRU) detects the mutation point of the initial mixed signal though energy combination operator feature and locates the starting point of the dynamic data. The second layer Bi-directional long short term memory (BiLSTM) classifies the motion state mixed signal into 10 gestures in two directions though energy kernel phase map feature. …


Computation Offloading Strategy Based On Stackelberg Game And Drl, Xianwei Zhou, Qixu Gong, Songsen Yu Feb 2023

Computation Offloading Strategy Based On Stackelberg Game And Drl, Xianwei Zhou, Qixu Gong, Songsen Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To achieve the optimal computation offloading strategy for two kinds of MEC users in 5G hybrid private network, Stackelberg game is used to build the model of the competition for MEC server resources of two kinds of users, andthe strategies of complete information game and partially incomplete information game are researched respectively. It is proved that there is only one Nash equilibrium solution in the complete information scenario. In the incomplete information scenario, the environment is modeled as POMDP, and a two-stage deep reinforcement learning(TSDRL) is proposed to obtain the optimal computation offloading strategy. Simulation results show the proposed …


Towards A Responsive Resilient Supply Chain Based On Industry 5.0: A Case Study In Healthcare Systems, Abduallah Gamal, Amal F. Abd El-Gawad, Mohamed Abouhawwash Feb 2023

Towards A Responsive Resilient Supply Chain Based On Industry 5.0: A Case Study In Healthcare Systems, Abduallah Gamal, Amal F. Abd El-Gawad, Mohamed Abouhawwash

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Executives and academics have presented the idea of Industry 5.0, which is an attempt to build upon the previous iteration, Industry 4.0, by including many important tenets such as human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability. Because of the significance of this idea, the current study provides a decision-making framework to examine a responsive supply chain dubbed responsive supply chain 5.0 for healthcare systems. This framework takes into consideration the aspects of Industry 5.0. In order to do this, at the onset, the most important connected factors and strategies are determined by consulting the relevant experts and body of published research. This problem …


Towards A Responsive Resilient Supply Chain Based On Industry 5.0: A Case Study In Healthcare Systems, Abduallah Gamal, Amal F. Abd El-Gawad, Mohamed Abouhawwash Feb 2023

Towards A Responsive Resilient Supply Chain Based On Industry 5.0: A Case Study In Healthcare Systems, Abduallah Gamal, Amal F. Abd El-Gawad, Mohamed Abouhawwash

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Executives and academics have presented the idea of Industry 5.0, which is an attempt to build upon the previous iteration, Industry 4.0, by including many important tenets such as human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability. Because of the significance of this idea, the current study provides a decision-making framework to examine a responsive supply chain dubbed responsive supply chain 5.0 for healthcare systems. This framework takes into consideration the aspects of Industry 5.0. In order to do this, at the onset, the most important connected factors and strategies are determined by consulting the relevant experts and body of published research. This problem …


Compactness And Neutrosophic Topological Space Via Grills, Runu Dhar Feb 2023

Compactness And Neutrosophic Topological Space Via Grills, Runu Dhar

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of various types of compactness in neutrosophic topological space via grills. We shall generalize neutrosophic C - compact space and neutrosophic G - compact space and introduce C(G) - compact space in neutrosophic topological space with respect to grills. We shall call it as neutrosophic C - compact with respect to grills and term it as neutrosophic C(G) - compact space. We shall also investigate some of its basic properties and characterization theorems. We shall also study the neutrosophic quasi - H - closed space with respect to a grill.


Compactness And Neutrosophic Topological Space Via Grills, Runu Dhar Feb 2023

Compactness And Neutrosophic Topological Space Via Grills, Runu Dhar

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of various types of compactness in neutrosophic topological space via grills. We shall generalize neutrosophic C - compact space and neutrosophic G - compact space and introduce C(G) - compact space in neutrosophic topological space with respect to grills. We shall call it as neutrosophic C - compact with respect to grills and term it as neutrosophic C(G) - compact space. We shall also investigate some of its basic properties and characterization theorems. We shall also study the neutrosophic quasi - H - closed space with respect to a grill.


Quadcopter Control Using Single Network Adaptive Critics, Alberto Velazquez, Lei Xu, Tohid Sardarmehni Feb 2023

Quadcopter Control Using Single Network Adaptive Critics, Alberto Velazquez, Lei Xu, Tohid Sardarmehni

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

In this paper, optimal tracking control is found for an inputaffine nonlinear quadcopter using Single Network Adaptive Critics (SNAC). The quadcopter dynamics consists of twelve states and four controls. The states are defined using two related reference frames: the earth frame, which describes the position and angles, and the body frame, which describes the linear and angular velocities. The quadcopter has six outputs and four controls, so it is an underactuated nonlinear system. The optimal control for the system is derived by solving a discrete-time recursive Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation using a linear in-parameter neural network. The neural network is trained to …


Session 2: The Effect Of Boom Leveling On Spray Dispersion, Travis A. Burgers, Miguel Bustamante, Juan F. Vivanco Feb 2023

Session 2: The Effect Of Boom Leveling On Spray Dispersion, Travis A. Burgers, Miguel Bustamante, Juan F. Vivanco

SDSU Data Science Symposium

Self-propelled sprayers are commonly used in agriculture to disperse agrichemicals. These sprayers commonly have two boom wings with dozens of nozzles that disperse the chemicals. Automatic boom height systems reduce the variability of agricultural sprayer boom height, which is important to reduce uneven spray dispersion if the boom is not at the target height.

A computational model was created to simulate the spray dispersion under the following conditions: a) one stationary nozzle based on the measured spray pattern from one nozzle, b) one stationary model due to an angled boom, c) superposition of multiple stationary nozzles due an angled boom, …


Overcoming Uncertainties In Molecular Visualization, Thomas Wischgoll Feb 2023

Overcoming Uncertainties In Molecular Visualization, Thomas Wischgoll

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Uncertainties are difficult if not impossible to avoid. Capturing data from the analog world almost always results in some form of uncertainty. The amount of uncertainty depends on the method of measurement and its accuracy. When visualizing data that has some associated uncertainty, it is essential to properly process and convey such uncertainty and especially the amount of uncertainty keeping in mind that additional processing steps can amplify the uncertainty. There are various sources of uncertainty, such as numerical limitations or limitations of the capture device. However, there are other sources of uncertainty. Some of these uncertainties stem from model …


Fair4pghd: A Framework For Fair Implementation Over Pghd, Abdullahi Abubakar Kawu, Dympna O'Sullivan, Lucy Hederman, Mirjam Van Reisen Feb 2023

Fair4pghd: A Framework For Fair Implementation Over Pghd, Abdullahi Abubakar Kawu, Dympna O'Sullivan, Lucy Hederman, Mirjam Van Reisen

Articles

Patient Generated Health Data (PGHD) are being considered for integration with health facilities, however little is known about how such data can be made machine-actionable in a way that meets FAIR guidelines. This article proposes a 5-stage framework that can be used to achieve this.


Systems Thinking Activities Used In K-12 For Up To Two Decades, Diana Fisher, Systems Thinking Association Feb 2023

Systems Thinking Activities Used In K-12 For Up To Two Decades, Diana Fisher, Systems Thinking Association

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Infusing systems thinking activities in pre-college education (grades K-12) means updating precollege education so it includes a study of many systemic behavior patterns that are ubiquitous in the real world. Systems thinking tools include those using both paper and pencil and the computer and enhance learning in the classroom making it more student-centered, more active, and allowing students to analyze problems that have been heretofore beyond the scope of K-12 classrooms. Students in primary school have used behavior over time graphs to demonstrate dynamics described in story books, like the Lorax, and created stock-flow diagrams to describe what was needed …


Customised Multi-Energy Pricing: Model And Solutions, Qiuyi Hong, Fanlin Meng, Jian Liu Feb 2023

Customised Multi-Energy Pricing: Model And Solutions, Qiuyi Hong, Fanlin Meng, Jian Liu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

With the increasing interdependence among energies (e.g., electricity, natural gas and heat) and the development of a decentralized energy system, a novel retail pricing scheme in the multi-energy market is demanded. Therefore, the problem of designing a customized multi-energy pricing scheme for energy retailers is investigated in this paper. In particular, the proposed pricing scheme is formulated as a bilevel optimization problem. At the upper level, the energy retailer (leader) aims to maximize its profit. Microgrids (followers) equipped with energy converters, storage, renewable energy sources (RES) and demand response (DR) programs are located at the lower level and minimize their …