"All politics is local." Tip O'Neill's famous quote is a pithy way to introduce the topic of integrating real-world data into agent-based modeling research. O'Neill's truism stresses that politicians have to know their constituents in order to win elections, and that these constituents are primary concerned about local issues. For example, what matters [...]
National Science Foundation Grant Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Award #1536741, 30 August 2015 Delays in the construction of energy infrastructure can raise energy costs, reduce electricity reliability, and cause supply disruptions. A systematic empirical understanding of the social sustainability of energy infrastructure is needed. This project develops and tests new theories [...]
Using predictive analytics to reduce infrastructure siting conflicts and improve social and economic outcomes 21st century problems of species extinction, global warming, energy security, yet rely on 19th century approaches for solving problems. The US Chamber of Commerce’s Project-No Project program has attempted to quantify the economic benefits from modernizing US infrastructure. [...]
