Learning by doing, learning spillovers and the diffusion of fuel cell vehicles

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1463-1476

  Schwoon, Malte ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Fuel cell vehicles; Hydrogen; Learning by doing

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COST REDUCTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PUBLIC POLICY; RAILROAD CARS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

AGENT BASED MODELLING; AGENT-BASED MODELING; CONVENTIONAL ENGINES; ENERGY SOURCING; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; LEARNING BY DOING; LEARNING RATES; LOCAL AIR POLLUTION; LONG TERM; NEW TECHNOLOGIES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 53349162035     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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