Desarrollo de un Agente Mediador para la Competición PowerTac 2020

Vivimos en una sociedad muy dependiente de la energía, en la que prácticamente para cualquier acción del día a día la utilizamos. Nuestra sociedad se ha tenido que ir adaptando a los distintos cambios que han surgido derivados de la energía; sobre todo a los grandes avances producidos y el nacimiento de las energías renovables, es necesario que nuestra sociedad se adapte a estas energías de manera eficiente. El problema radica en que estas energías no se pueden producir a demanda como es el caso de los combustibles fósiles y, por tanto, seguimos siendo dependientes de las energías no renovables.Debido a estos cambios producidos en el contexto de la energía, surge la idea de Power TAC como una competición para el estudio de la liberalización de los mercados de energía, teniendo en cuenta estas energías renovables y manejándolas de manera sostenible. Aunque para esto, la base técnica tiene que estar basada en una actualización de la infraestructura de la energía eléctrica, convirtiéndola en una red inteligente con componentes que puedan monitorizar el uso de energía en tiempo real y ayudar a los consumidores a administrar mejor su uso de energía.El problema de modelado de un mercado de energías como Power TAC se ha enfocado mediante Sistemas Multi Agente (SMA). Este tipo de paradigma de Inteligencia Artificial Distribuido concuerda perfectamente con la simulación compleja que se requiere en la especificación de la competición. Así, esta competición es una simulación de un mercado liberalizado minorista de energía en una ciudad de tamaño medio, en la que los usuario y productores a pequeña escala pueden elegir sobre un conjunto de agentes o brókeres de energía. Esta simulación encaja con la definición del paradigma de Sistemas Multi Agente, ya que cada agente de un SMA se trata de un sistema computacional ubicado en un determinado entorno, y que es capaz de forma flexible y autónoma de efectuar acciones sobre él para alcanzar sus objetivos [WJ95]. De esta forma, cada agente de la competición constituye en sí un sistema computacional que actúa de manera autónoma tomando decisiones para conseguir obtener el mayor beneficio económico posible, durante un período de simulación determinado en la competición.A partir de lo desarrollado en este trabajo, el alcance del trabajo plantea la participación en la competición de 2020. Aunque el entorno inicial de la competición ha variado poco con respecto al año pasado, es previsible que se produzcan algunos cambios relativos al software de la plataforma de simulación que requieran la adaptación de lo recogido en esta memoria. Adicionalmente, se espera seguir depurando las estrategias finales con posterioridad a la lectura de este Trabajo de Final de Grado de cara al mes de junio de 2020, incorporando nuevas simulaciones con los agentes participantes en las ediciones anteriores que todavía no se han podido probar, al no estar su código fuente disponible todavía. La idea en todo caso es probar estrategias nuevas, o al menos que el conjunto de estrategias incluidas en el agente que se diseñe tenga un perfil distinto al de aquellos agentes que ya han participado en anteriores ediciones.<br /

Educational praxis in various Australian indigenous higher education contexts

This thesis critically reports on discourses that impact on the role and work practices of a non-Indigenous educator within Indigenous higher education contexts. The study uses autobiography and narrative inquiry as research methods to examine workplace contexts. The findings reveal competing influences that shape the practices of a non-Indigenous educator

Open-Source, Open-Architecture SoftwarePlatform for Plug-InElectric Vehicle SmartCharging in California

This interdisciplinary eXtensible Building Operating System–Vehicles project focuses on controlling plug-in electric vehicle charging at residential and small commercial settings using a novel and flexible open-source, open-architecture charge communication and control platform. The platform provides smart charging functionalities and benefits to the utility, homes, and businesses.This project investigates four important areas of vehicle-grid integration research, integrating technical as well as social and behavioral dimensions: smart charging user needs assessment, advanced load control platform development and testing, smart charging impacts, benefits to the power grid, and smart charging ratepayer benefits

Texas Register

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code

Hydrodynamics-Biology Coupling for Algae Culture and Biofuel Production

International audienceBiofuel production from microalgae represents an acute optimization problem for industry. There is a wide range of parameters that must be taken into account in the development of this technology. Here, mathematical modelling has a vital role to play. The potential of microalgae as a source of biofuel and as a technological solution for CO2 fixation is the subject of intense academic and industrial research. Large-scale production of microalgae has potential for biofuel applications owing to the high productivity that can be attained in high-rate raceway ponds. We show, through 3D numerical simulations, that our approach is capable of discriminating between situations where the paddle wheel is rapidly moving water or slowly agitating the process. Moreover, the simulated velocity fields can provide lagrangian trajectories of the algae. The resulting light pattern to which each cell is submitted when travelling from light (surface) to dark (bottom) can then be derived. It will then be reproduced in lab experiments to study photosynthesis under realistic light patterns

Indonesia: an analysis of regional hegemony-building

This thesis examines the strengths and weaknesses of Indonesia’s hegemony-building. Qualitative research is carried out on three levels of analysis – the domestic, regional and global. The author has reformulated Pedersen’s (2002) three capacities to be indicative of regional hegemony-building: the domestic, ideational and international capacity. The study finds that Indonesia’s regional hegemony-building is weakened by its domestic capacity. Despite a strong ideational capacity, on a regional level this does not translate into strong hegemonic capacity. On a global level, the capacity is quantitatively bigger, yet marginal in effect. The thesis concludes that regional hegemony discourse should focus on the embryonic capacities of hegemony-building instead of trying to fit emerging regional powers into pre-existing strategies of regional hegemony.http://www.ester.ee/record=b4486301*es

Envisioning and Enabling Sustainable Smart Markets

__Abstract__ Many of the world’s most urgent problems such as climate change, population growth, poverty, malnutrition and environmental degradation not only demand solutions but also require us to find more sustainable ways of living. Market mechanisms can be effective in solving large-scale resource allocation problems of this kind, but only if the market design reflects the social costs. The growth and spread of advanced information and communication technologies mean that new smart markets offer a way to achieve this and will become central to many areas of economic activity. However, the volumes of data and speed of transactions involved place a burden on human decisionmaking capabilities, and information systems can have a central role to play in helping to devise solutions – in particular, in developing intelligent software agents to provide decision support. This address looks at the challenges and opportunities involved for information systems researchers, and sets out an agenda for sustainable smart markets research, centered on collaborative approaches. It focuses on three overlapping areas: market and learning agent design; market evaluation using autonomous learning agents; and real-time decision support. Examples are included of current work on sustainable smart markets for electricity (smart grid) and for flowers (Dutch Flower Auctions)