Title: Use of the Situation Room metaphor to support modelling of investments in energy decision-making

Authors: Bob Roberts, Adamantios Koumpis

Addresses: School of Computing and Information Systems, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK. ' Research Programmes Division ALTEC S.A., M. Kalou 6, GR 546 29 Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract: We describe a methodology for modelling interactions and guiding behaviours of actors and stakeholders in the energy territory using the concept of the Situation Room. Such an approach enables a new way to model interactions of a rather idiosyncratic nature, in this instance a closed – and despite its liberalisation still strongly affected under the shadow of national governments and the central Euroland (European Commission) – market that is concerned with the exchange and valuation of energy both as a tangible good accounted as a production factor, as well as an intangible good related with many different growth and sustainability parameters.

Keywords: metaphors; energy investment modelling; situation room analysis; SRA.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASS.2007.019301

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2007 Vol.1 No.4, pp.361 - 374

Published online: 06 Jul 2008 *

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