NDLI: Adaptive-Agent Based Simulation Model to Study Diffusion of Eco-Innovation Strategies

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Rai, Rahul Allada, Venkat
Abstract	The objective of this paper is to understand and study sustainable product development using a systems approach. This paper focuses on the development of the “Factor X” model to study diffusion of eco-innovation strategies. The concept of “Factor X” is qualitatively similar to the concepts of eco-efficiency and dematerialization with an added quantitative edge. It focuses on reducing the environmental impact of economic activities in quantitative terms such as reducing environmental impacts by a factor of 4 or factor of 10, etc. In the real world, artifacts interact with each other to form a web structure (known as artifact system (AS)), which has its own laws of evolution. We have implemented the “Factor X” framework through an adaptive agent based simulation (AABS) model to study the implications of different AS scenarios (achieved by setting system defining parameters) on the propagation and extent of diffusion of eco-innovation strategies.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
Starting Page	495
Ending Page	503
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0791836223
DOI	10.1115/DETC2002/DAC-34088
e-ISBN	0791836037
Volume Number	Volume 2: 28th Design Automation Conference
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2002-09-29
Publisher Place	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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