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Oil industry value chain simulation with learning agents

Oil industry value chain simulation with learning agents
Oil industry value chain simulation with learning agents

Simulation is an important tool to evaluate many systems, but it often requires detailed knowledge of each specific system and a long time to generate useful results and insights. A large portion of the required time stems from the need to define operational rules and build valid models that represent them properly. To shorten this model construction time, a learning-agent-based model is proposed. This technique is recommended for cases where optimal policies are not known or hard and costly to unequivocally determine, as it enables the simulation agents to learn good policies “by themselves”. A model is built with this technique and a representative case study of oil industry value chain simulation is presented as a proof of concept.

Agent, Machine learning, Oil, Simulation
0098-1354
199-209
Fuller, Daniel Barry
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Ferreira Filho, Virgílio José Martins
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de Arruda, Edilson Fernandes
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Fuller, Daniel Barry
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Ferreira Filho, Virgílio José Martins
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de Arruda, Edilson Fernandes
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Fuller, Daniel Barry, Ferreira Filho, Virgílio José Martins and de Arruda, Edilson Fernandes (2018) Oil industry value chain simulation with learning agents. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 111, 199-209. (doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2018.01.008).

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Abstract

Simulation is an important tool to evaluate many systems, but it often requires detailed knowledge of each specific system and a long time to generate useful results and insights. A large portion of the required time stems from the need to define operational rules and build valid models that represent them properly. To shorten this model construction time, a learning-agent-based model is proposed. This technique is recommended for cases where optimal policies are not known or hard and costly to unequivocally determine, as it enables the simulation agents to learn good policies “by themselves”. A model is built with this technique and a representative case study of oil industry value chain simulation is presented as a proof of concept.

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Published date: 4 March 2018
Keywords: Agent, Machine learning, Oil, Simulation

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Local EPrints ID: 446137
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446137
ISSN: 0098-1354
PURE UUID: 8a4bb554-014f-4782-a95b-1b039d0aefe7
ORCID for Edilson Fernandes de Arruda: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-352X

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Date deposited: 21 Jan 2021 17:35
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 02:09

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Author: Daniel Barry Fuller
Author: Virgílio José Martins Ferreira Filho
Author: Edilson Fernandes de Arruda ORCID iD

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