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Energy demand is increasing globally, and in consequence greenhouse-gas emissions from this sector are on the rise as well. This trend is set to continue, driven primarily by the economic growth and the rising population. Solutions in this area go hand in hand with the worldwide deployment of policies that look forward a better management and usage of energy in both domestic and industrial scopes. In this line, load balancing through demand-response strategies comes out as one of the most effective and immediate actions aimed at achieving efficiency in the use of energy resources. We present GeoWorldSim, an agent-based simulation platform that integrates the development of a human activity model as well as the communication middleware known as FI-WARE in order to test the best communication architectures available for the implementation of demand-response strategies.
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This work was carried out with the financial support of (a) the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme Under Grant Agreement No. 696129, given to GREENSOUL project, (b) Industrial Ph.D. Grant given by the University of Deusto (2015–2018), and (c) Ph.D. Grant PRE_2015_2_0003 given by the Basque Government.
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Kamara-Esteban, O., Pijoan, A., Alonso-Vicario, A. et al. On-demand energy monitoring and response architecture in a ubiquitous world. Pers Ubiquit Comput 21, 537–551 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-017-1014-4
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