Face masks and respirators in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of current materials, advances and future perspectives

K O'Dowd, KM Nair, P Forouzandeh, S Mathew, J Grant… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe, greatly affecting how
humans as a whole interact, work and go about their daily life. One of the key pieces of …

[HTML][HTML] Spinning in circles? A systematic review on the role of theory in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation research

C Kuhlicke, MM de Brito, B Bartkowski, W Botzen… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
An increasing number of publications focus on social vulnerability, resilience, and
adaptation (SVRA) towards natural hazards and climate change. Despite this proliferation of …

From natural language to simulations: applying AI to automate simulation modelling of logistics systems

I Jackson, M Jesus Saenz, D Ivanov - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Our research strives to examine how simulation models of logistics systems can be
produced automatically from verbal descriptions in natural language and how human …

A framework for map** and comparing behavioural theories in models of social-ecological systems

M Schlüter, A Baeza, G Dressler, K Frank… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Formal models are commonly used in natural resource management (NRM) to study human-
environment interactions and inform policy making. In the majority of applications, human …

[PDF][PDF] Agent-based modeling in economics and finance: Past, present, and future

RL Axtell, JD Farmer - Journal of Economic Literature, 2022 - oms-inet.files.svdcdn.com
Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a novel computational methodology for representing the
behavior of individuals in order to study social phenomena. Its use is rapidly growing in …

Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs

A Mastrucci, L Niamir, B Boza-Kiss… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Buildings are key in supporting human activities and well-being by providing shelter and
other important services to their users. Buildings are, however, also responsible for major …

Predicting the adoption of connected autonomous vehicles: A new approach based on the theory of diffusion of innovations

A Talebian, S Mishra - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2018 - Elsevier
On the grounds that individuals heavily rely on the information that they receive from their
peers when evaluating adoption of a radical innovation, this paper proposes a new …

Exploring the dynamics of low-carbon technology diffusion among enterprises: An evolutionary game model on a two-level heterogeneous social network

Y Shi, Z Wei, M Shahbaz, Y Zeng - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
For mitigating carbon emissions, series of policies have been formulated by governments to
promote the diffusion of low-carbon technologies (LCTs). Enterprises' strategic choices and …

Residential solar photovoltaic adoption behaviour: End-to-end review of theories, methods and approaches

M Alipour, H Salim, RA Stewart, O Sahin - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of deployment policies to promote the uptake of residential rooftop solar
photovoltaic systems ultimately hinges on the behaviour of households who decide to …

Agent-based modelling of consumer energy choices

V Rai, AD Henry - Nature Climate Change, 2016 - nature.com
Strategies to mitigate global climate change should be grounded in a rigorous
understanding of energy systems, particularly the factors that drive energy demand. Agent …