Experiments with a model of domestic energy demand

JASSS

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Gotts, Nicholas M ^a   Polhill, Gary ^b  

^a The James Hutton Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy use; Goal framing; Social networks; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021948276     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.3467     Document Type: Article

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