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Tao Zhang
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Role: |
Research Fellow |
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Qualifications: |
BSc, MA, MPhil, PhD |
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Office: |
B36 |
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Telephone: |
+44 (0) 115 84 66526 |
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Email: |
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Homepage: |
http://www.ima.ac.uk/ |
Research
My research interests are in the areas of complexity science and agent-based modelling for the energy market, including simulation of markets and consumer behaviour, modelling technology policy and innovation diffusion (e.g. smart metering, micro-generation, photovoltaic), and energy supply chain optimization. I am particularly interested in consumer agents’ decision algorithm design, modelling human behaviour based on psycho-behavioural theories and social network theories, artificial social network design, and agent-based spatial modelling for energy demand-side management.
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Teaching & Supervision
My supervisor is Uwe Aickelin
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Current Projects
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Previous Projects
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Esteem
EPRG PhD Studentship, 3 years, awarded by the University of Cambridge
EPSRC Enterprise Fellowships Award, Second Runner-Up, University of Nottingham
Nottingham-Tsinghua Collaborative Research Grant, University of Nottingham
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Journal Papers |
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Title |
Publisher |
Page |
Year |
| Tao Zhang, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin |
A Three-Dimensional Model of Residential Energy Consumer Archetypes for Local Energy Policy Design in the UK |
Energy Policy TBC |
TBC |
2012 |
| Tao Zhang, William J. Nuttall |
An Agent-Based Simulation of Smart Metering Technology Adoption |
International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems 4(1) |
17-38 |
2012 |
| Tao Zhang, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin |
Modelling Electricity Consumption in Office Buildings: An Agent Based Approach |
Energy and Buildings 43(10) |
2882–2892 |
2011 |
| Tao Zhang, William J. Nuttall |
Evaluating Government’s Policies on Promoting Smart Metering Diffusion via Agent Based Simulation |
Journal of Product Innovation Management 28(2) |
169-186 |
2011 |
| Tao Zhang, David Zhang |
Agent-based simulation of consumer purchase decision-making and the decoy effect |
Journal of Business Research 60(8) |
912-922 |
2007 |
Conference Papers |
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Title |
Publisher |
Page |
Year |
| Tao Zhang, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin |
Modelling the Effects of User Learning on Forced Innovation Diffusion |
ORS SW12 Simulation Conference |
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2012 |
| Tao Zhang, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin |
A Three-Dimensional Model of Residential Energy Consumer Archetypes for Local Energy Policy Design in the UK |
Energy and people: futures, complexity and challenges Conference |
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2011 |
| William J. Nuttall, Tao Zhang, David Hamilton, Fabien Roques |
Sociophysics Simulations of Technology Adoption and Consumer Behavior |
The MIT Engineering System Division Symposium, MIT |
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2009 |
Book Chapters |
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Title |
Publisher |
Page |
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| Tao Zhang |
A Review of Global Smart Metering Developments: Lessons for Smart Metering Policy in Liberalized Electricity Markets |
Energy and Innovation: Structural Change and Policy Implications (Purdue University Press) |
91-120 |
2010 |
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Intelligent Modelling and Analysis Research Group, School of Computer Science, The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK.
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