Diffusion of Domestic Water Conservation Technologies in an ABM-GIS Integrated Model

Authors:
José M. Galán;Ricardo Olmo;Adolfo López-Paredes
Affiliations:
Universidad de Burgos --- INSISOC Group, Burgos, Spain 09001;Universidad de Burgos --- INSISOC Group, Burgos, Spain 09001;Universidad de Valladolid --- INSISOC Group, Valladolid, Spain 47011
Venue:
HAIS '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems
Year:
2008

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyze the effect of adoption of domestic water conservation technologies under different assumptions and scenarios in emergent metropolitan areas. For that purpose, we present an agent based model linked to a geographic information system to explore the domestic water demand in the Valladolid metropolitan area (Spain). Specifically, we adapt and integrate diverse social submodels ---models of urban dynamics, water consumption, and technological and opinion diffusion--- with a statistical model that characterizes the agents' water consumption behaviour. The results show the temporal impact on water consumption and technological adoption of several parameters, and the importance of the joint effect of both diffusion mechanisms.