Development of an agent-based model for regional market penetration projections of electric vehicles in the United States

Energy

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 215-230

  Noori, Mehdi ^a   Tatari, Omer ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Electric vehicle; Exploratory modeling and analysis; Inherent uncertainty; Market penetration

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY SECURITY; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ALTERNATIVE FUEL TECHNOLOGIES; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; INHERENT UNCERTAINTY; MARKET PENETRATION; MODEL AND ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; WORD-OF-MOUTH EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY USE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MARKET SYSTEM; NATIONAL SECURITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957076548     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.12.018     Document Type: Article

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