8 papers
Sustainable Heating with Karma: A Simulation Study of the KTH Live-In Lab
Mahsa Farjadnia, Ezzat Elokda, Angela Fontan +1
Space heating in buildings accounts for 10% of the global CO2 footprint. The widespread adoption of energy-efficient heating technology, e.g., heat pumps, could help reduce this fi…
Generalizability of Learning-based Occupancy Detection in Residential Buildings (extended version)
Mahsa Farjadnia, Katayoun Eshkofti, Albin Apell +4
This paper investigates non-intrusive occupancy detection methods for residential buildings using environmental sensor data from the KTH Live-In Lab in Stockholm, Sweden. Three mac…
Impact of Attitude and Bounded Rationality on Collective Behavioral Transitions
Chen Song, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Angela Fontan +2
The theory of planned behavior (TPB) is one of the most influential frameworks in social psychology, stating that a person's behavior is driven by intention, which is primarily sha…
Flexible Electric Vehicle Charging with Karma
Ezzat Elokda, Ruiting Wang, Karl H. Johansson +1
Motivated by the need to develop fair and efficient schemes to facilitate the electrification of transport, this paper proposes a non-monetary karma economy for flexible Electric V…
On the Convergence of an Opinion-Action Coevolution Model with Bounded Confidence
Chen Song, Angela Fontan, Rong Su +3
This paper presents a theoretical convergence analysis for an opinion-action coevolution model that integrates the opinion updating rule of the Hegselmann-Krause model with a utili…
On a Co-evolving Opinion-Leadership Model in Social Networks
Martina Alutto, Lorenzo Zino, Karl H. Johansson +1
Leadership in social groups is often a dynamic characteristic that emerges from interactions and opinion exchange. Empirical evidence suggests that individuals with strong opinions…