Dr Babak Mahdavi

Job: Research Fellow

Faculty: Technology

School/department: School of Engineering and Sustainable Development

Research group(s): Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development

Address: IESD, Queens Building,De Montfort University,Leicester,LE1 9BHUK

T: +44 (0)116 207 8516

E: bmahdavi@dmu.ac.uk

W: www.iesd.dmu.ac.uk/~cascade

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Personal profile

Complex Adaptive Systems, Cognitive Agents & Distributed Energy (CASCADE): a Complexity Science-Based Investigation into the Smart Grid Concept.

Research group affiliations

CASCADE Project.

Publications and outputs

Exploring Smart Grid Possibilities: A Complex Systems Modelling Approach
Rylatt, R.M. et al. (2015) Exploring Smart Grid Possibilities: A Complex Systems Modelling Approach. Smart Grid. 1 (1). p. 1-15.
An Agent Based Model for Optimal Generation Mix based on Price Elasticity of Aggregated Consumer Demand
Pakka, V.H., Ardestani, B.M. and Rylatt, R.M. (2013) An Agent Based Model for Optimal Generation Mix based on Price Elasticity of Aggregated Consumer Demand. 13th Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Electrical Engineering (XIIICHLIE), Valencia, Spain, 3-5 July, 2013.
Levelling of heating and vehicle demand in distribution networks using randomised device control
Boait, P., Ardestani, B and Snape, J. R (2013) Levelling of heating and vehicle demand in distribution networks using randomised device control. 22nd International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2013), January 2013 p. 0140
Accommodating renewable generation through an aggregator-focused method for inducing demand side response from electricity consumers
Boait, P., Ardestani, B.M. and Snape, J.R. (2013) Accommodating renewable generation through an aggregator-focused method for inducing demand side response from electricity consumers. IET Renewable Power Generation, 7 (6), pp. 689-699
CASCADE: An Agent Based Framework For Modeling The Dynamics Of Smart Electricity Systems
Rylatt, R.M. et al. (2013) CASCADE: An Agent Based Framework For Modeling The Dynamics Of Smart Electricity Systems. Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 15 (2)
Agent-based modelling of the UK short term electricity market: Effects of intermittent wind power.
Pakka, V.H., Ardestani, B.M. and Rylatt, R.M. (2012) Agent-based modelling of the UK short term electricity market: Effects of intermittent wind power. 9th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 12

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Research interests/expertise

Agent-based modelling, Geosimulation, Microsimulation; Empirical validation, Spatial data analysis, Complex adaptive systems simulation, Agent-based computational economics, Geographically referenced social simulation, Emergence, Nonlinear dynamics.

Membership of professional associations and societies

Fellow of Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers
Member of British Computer Society
Member of the Association of American Geographers
Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Computer Society
Member of European Social Simulation Association
Member of Complex Systems Society.

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