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Creating Agent-Based Energy Transition Management Models That Can Uncover Profitable Pathways to Climate Change Mitigation
Table 2
Characteristics of different types of systems and accompanying simulation techniques.
| ā | Equilibrium | Dynamic systems | Complex adaptive systems |
| Model characterization | Static | Dynamic | Adaptive | System creation | Top-down | Top-down | Bottom-up | Transition & resistance | Invisible | Observed as aggregate | Can be traced back to individual agents | Dynamic parts of model | Inputs | Relationships & inputs | Actors, behaviors, relationships & inputs | Dominant paradigm | Equilibrium (CGE) | SD and DES | Agent based modelling (ABM) | Simulated system | No simulation | Predefined system | System emerges during runtime | Strong feedback loops | No | Yes (especially SD) | Yes | Spatial awareness | Hard | Yes (especially DES) | Yes | Heterogeneous actors | Hard | Yes (especially DES) | Yes | Emergent behavior | No | No | Yes | Actors can interact | No | No | Yes | Actors can learn | No | No | Yes |
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