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Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (03029743)5097pp. 681-692
In this paper we propose an agent-based model approach to determining the effects of consumer choice on aggregate demand (CCAD). Our overall goal is to better understand how the availability of information, heuristic decision making, and social norms affect: 1) total aggregate demand and 2) the aggregated demand for disposable vs. more durable goods. In the preliminary model presented here, consumer agents select among baskets of goods with different combinations of quality and disposability. Consumer choices are based on individual agent preferences and subject to a discretionary income constraint. Agents may be either maximizing, which means that they choose the best basket of goods that they can afford, or satisficing, which means that they choose the first affordable basket of goods that they can find with utility greater than their satisfaction threshold. When run at different price levels, the resulting models can be used to generate aggregated demand curves for each group of consumers. We also demonstrate that, satisficers buy more than maximizers overall. Further analysis shows that this is because maximizers focus their trading on more durable products to gain the highest utility, however satisficers purchase more disposable products because they shop for convenience rather than utility maximization.
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management (17517729)167(4)pp. 187-193
Experimental and numerical studies were performed to examine the relationship between the hydraulic properties and physical dimensions of a subsurface weir system and the discharge over it under steady-state conditions. Experimental modelling was based on a laboratory-scale physical sand-tank model, within which a subsurface dam and weir structure was constructed. To evaluate the effect of the dominant parameters on the discharge coefficient, numerical modelling was also carried out. A number of physical and numerical models of subsurface dams and weirs were constructed and the effect of each parameter on the discharge coefficient was studied. The results indicate that the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer, the head above the weir and the effective width of the aquifer, in addition to the geometry of the subsurface weir, significantly affect discharge efficiency. It was also shown that the Reynolds and Weber numbers only have a small effect on the discharge coefficient. Based on the experimental results, a threshold value is suggested for the subsurface weir submergence. Finally, according to the results of both experimental and numerical models, an equation is derived to estimate the discharge coefficient of subsurface weirs.
