• DocumentCode
    3401398
  • Title

    Alternative fuel adoption

  • Author

    Brewster, Jon J. ; Reynolds, Robert G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    19-23 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    2364
  • Abstract
    Conversion from a widely-used automotive fuel to an alternative fuel can be seen as the coevolution of two systems: a societal system of vehicle owners and a supply infrastructure that will provide the alternative fuel. We present a cultural algorithms model that allows us to assess the impact that initial alternative fuel station distribution and cultural motivation have on alternative fuel adoption, and the role that mass media may play in that adoption.
  • Keywords
    economic forecasting; evolutionary computation; fuel; supply and demand; alternative fuel adoption; alternative fuel station distribution; automotive fuel; cultural algorithms model; mass media; supply infrastructure; system coevolution; vehicle owners; Air pollution; Air transportation; Computer science; Costs; Cultural differences; Feedback; Fuels; Global warming; Petroleum; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Evolutionary Computation, 2004. CEC2004. Congress on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8515-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CEC.2004.1331193
  • Filename
    1331193