scholarly journals Multi-Agent Auction Based Simulation Tool for an Insurance Policy Market

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Egons Lavendelis ◽  
Janis Grundspenkis
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Insurance Policy ◽  
Negotiation Protocol ◽  
Agent Negotiation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
New Type

Abstract The paper presents a simulation tool for automated interactions between insurance companies and their clients during the travel insurance buying process. Insurance deal evaluation model using price and insured risks has been developed based on the study of the Latvian insurance market. The proposed model is used together with well-known agent auction protocols, thus providing a multi-agent negotiation protocol. It allows automating one-to-many negotiations between client and insurance companies simulating electronic insurance policy marketplace. The simulation tool has been developed using the MASITS methodology and tool, thus providing a case study for the methodology and tool for a new type of systems

Multi-Agent Simulation of Emergency Evacuation on the Sidewalk

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 2005-2008
Author(s):  
Peng Chen ◽  
Shun Ying Zhu ◽  
Liang Jie Xu ◽  
Xiao Feng Ma ◽  
Zhi Gang Du
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Evacuation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Agent Simulation ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Bus Station ◽  
Evacuee Behavior ◽  
Walking Time ◽  
Statistical Area

Transportation evacuation study has become a research focus in recent years. This paper deals with emergency evacuation on the sidewalk using agent-based simulation. The current study develops a traffic simulator within NetLogo, an agent-based environment. Two sub-models are proposed including facility sub-model to describe global path planning of evacuee and evacuee sub-model to describe the evacuee behavior. We conducted simulations to investigate the effect of generation position of evacuees and the proportion of choosing bus on evacuation through a case study. Simulation results indicate that the proposed model can well address the interaction among evacuees with different evacuation modes, and if evacuees choosing bus evacuate near bus station and evacuees choosing walk evacuate away from bus station, then average walking time of evacuees and maximum density in statistical area are relatively small.

An evaluation model for measuring customer satisfaction levels in a water supply domain: case study – water supply in Hamedan

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parviz Fattahi ◽  
Amirsaman Kherikhah ◽  
Ramin Sadeghian ◽  
Shahla Zandi ◽  
Saeed Fayyaz
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Quality Water ◽  
Unit Index

Customer satisfaction is an important goal in total quality management. In order to meet this goal, it is necessary to use an evaluation model to measure customer satisfaction. This paper proposes an evaluation model for measuring the customer satisfaction level in a water supply domain. Some important criteria such as water quality, water quantity, responsibility of the company, etc. are distinguished and used in the proposed model. To integrate all of these criteria in a unit index, the analytic hierarchy process technique is used. The proposed model integrates customer opinions in a unit index to measure the customer satisfaction level. To evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed model, Hamedan Water Company is studied as a case study. The results show that the proposed model can be used as a useful tool for analyzing customer satisfaction levels in water supply domains for other companies. The proposed model also distinguishes company strengths and weaknesses in the field of customer satisfaction.

scholarly journals UTILITY-BASED MULTICRITERIA MODEL FOR EVALUATING BOT PROJECTS SEP PROJEKTŲ VERTINIMO MODELIS PAGRĮSTAS DAUGIAKRITERINE NAUDINGUMO TEORIJA / SEP PROJEKTŲ VERTINIMO MODELIS PAGRĮSTAS DAUGIAKRITERINE NAUDINGUMO TEORIJA

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Ren Yan ◽  
Cheng-Sheng Pong ◽  
Wei Lo
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Limited Government ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Multicriteria Model ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Owing to the urgent demands for new developments and maintenances of the existing infrastructures under limited government budget and time, increasing BOT (build-operate-transfer) projects have been a significant factor affecting the economic developments in many countries. However, as BOT projects usually induce huge capital investments, government sectors must prudently evaluate the project feasibility from both financial and nonfinancial aspects before the implementation. Therefore, how to establish an objective evaluation model which can comprehensively assess the feasibility of each BOT project and determine the priority of its implementation has become an important issue. This study incorporates analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and utility theory to develop a utility-based multicriteria model for supporting the selection of BOT projects. A case study is provided to demonstrate that the implementation of the proposed model can effectively help decision-making teams participate in economical evaluations so that the feasibility of as-planed BOT projects can be determined and project priority can be set efficiently and consistently. Santrauka Dėl esamos infrastruktūros plėtros ir atnaujinimo būtinybės, esant ribotam valstybės biudžetui ir laikui, SEP (Statyba-Eksploatacija-Perdavimas) projektų vykdymas ženkliai prisidėjo prie daugelio šalių ekonominių pokyčių. Dažnai SEP projektai reikalauja didelių kapitalo investicijų, todėl valstybės sektorius turi įvertinti projekto įgyvendinimo galimybes tiek finansiniu tiek nefinansiu aspektu. Koks turi būti objektyvaus vertinimo modelis, kuris leistų visapusiškai įvertinti kiekvieno SEP projeto pagrįstumą ir nustatyti jo įgyvendinimo prioritetus? Šiame straipsnyje, naudojant analitinę hierarchinio proceso (AHP) struktūrą ir naudingumo teoriją, SEP projektų atrinkimui sukurtas daugiakriterine naudingumo teorija pagrįstas modelis. Skaitmeninis pavyzdys įrodo, kad siūlomas modelis gali sėkmingai pagelbėti atrenkant ekonomiškai efektyvius SEP projektus.

Adopting trust and assurance as indicators for the reassignment of responsibilities in multi-agent systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Gâteau ◽  
Moussa Ouedraogo ◽  
Christophe Feltus ◽  
Guy Guemkam ◽  
Grégoire Danoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Systems ◽  
Weather Station ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Trust Level ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Selection Parameter ◽  
Multi Agent

AbstractMulti-agent systems have been widely used in the literature, including for the monitoring of distributed systems. However, one of the unresolved issues in this technology remains in the reassignment of the responsibilities of monitoring agents when some of them become unable to meet their obligations. This paper proposes a new approach for solving this problem based on (a) the gathering of evidence on whether the agent can or cannot fulfil the tasks it has been assigned and (b) the reassignment of the task to alternative agents using their trust level as a selection parameter. A weather station case study is proposed as an instantiation of the proposed model.

scholarly journals Integrated Evaluation Model of Construction Vulnerability in Anthropic Fill Areas (IALV). Case Study: District of Villaverde in the City of Madrid, Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8575
Author(s):  
Félix Escolano Sánchez ◽  
Francisco Parra Idreos ◽  
Manuel Bueno Aguado
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Vulnerability Index ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Study District

Over the coming years, developments of large urban areas are expected, many of them on plots where soil conditions may not be the most suitable for building. This is the case of plots that previously have been used for dumping anthropic fill deposits. The term anthropic fill included a large variety of materials, all of them related with human activity; but this paper is mainly focused on natural materials extracted from nearby excavations or construction debris that form non-contaminated lands. In a review of literature related to risks, it is observed that in the last 10 years there have been abundant investigations to determine vulnerability in urban areas. However, the risks derived from the presence of anthropic landfills have generally been overlooked. For this reason, there is a real need to quantify construction vulnerability in areas settled on anthropic landfills. A methodology, up to now unknown, must be created to estimate and extrapolate it to any part of the world. The aim is to avoid the likelihood of pathologies appearing in urban areas. Hence, and to address this lack of knowledge, an Integrated Evaluation Model has been developed. Its purpose is to quantify, simply but effectively, the construction vulnerability index in already consolidated areas of historic landfills. The proposed model has been validated in a very popular district of the city of Madrid. Its surface, the number of buildings affected and population involved make it truly representative.

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