The Organisational Structure of an Agent-Based Model for the Management of Wastewater Systems

Water

Luis Oliva-Felipe¹  Ulises Cortés¹  Javier Vázquez-Salceda¹  Manel Poch²  Marta Verdaguer² 

[1] Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning Group (KEMLg@IDEAI), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTECH (UPC), C/Jordi Girona, 1-3, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain;LEQUIA. Institute of the Environment, Universitat de Girona (UdG), C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 65, E-17003 Girona, Spain;

关键词: wastewater systems;    decision support systems;    knowledge management;    modelling;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w13091258

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Water managers have to deal with complex problems due to the intertwined characteristics of processes, in particular those that occur in wastewater systems. Existing modelling approaches are usually centred in the physical, chemical and biological aspects of the individual processes, excluding the social and organisational context that will generate the global behaviour. These also include the responsibilities and decision making of different actors in the system. This paper proposes an agent-based model with the novelty to integrate the social and organisational structure of the wastewater system from which emerges the global behaviour of the system. The modelling process allows considering the legal regulations and the technical limits that would drive the decision making. The instantiation of the model, implementing a small system, evidenced the usefulness of this approach to manage the complexity of wastewater systems and its possible contribution to prevent environmental problems.

【 授权许可】

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