Agent-based Model for Environmental Awareness and Extended Producer Responsibility in Developing Countries


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https://doi.org/10.22517/23447214.24181

Keywords:

Agent Based Modeling (ABM), environmental management, extended producer responsibility (EPR), social factors, sustainable development.

Abstract

To make an effective transition towards a circular economy, we must have the responsibility and active participation of all the stakeholders involved, including customers. In this work, we seek to develop an agent-based model to describe and analyze an environmental awareness system in a population, whose behavior is based on an indicator that can change by agent’s interaction and modify its consumption habits. The model is described using the ODD + D protocol, and we use Netlogo software for coding. After model validation process, its results are analyzed to understand how can environmental awareness level, consumption habits and social skills of each individual influence on the average environmental awareness level of a heterogeneous population, which makes simple the identification of emerging behaviors and the forecasting of the potentially recyclable waste according to the quality in the separation at source.

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Yony Fernando Ceballos, Universidad de Antioquia

Y.F. Ceballos was born in Guatape, Antioquia, Colombia in 1979. He received the Computer engineering (B.S.), M.S and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, in 2004, 2007 and 2015, respectively.

From 2005 to 2013, he was a professor with the computer science Department. Since 2014, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Industrial Engineering Department at Universidad de Antioquia. He is the author of more than 20 articles in the past years. His research interests include numerical methods, game theory, system simulation, behavioral research, algorithms, and stochastic processes.

   Dr. Ceballos is an actual member of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the system dynamics society (SDS).

Jesus David Galarcio-Noguera, universidad de antioquia

J.D. Galarcio was born in Cereté, Córdoba, Colombia in 1996. He received his degree in Industrial Engineering (B.S.) from the Universidad de Córdoba, Monteria, in 2017. He is a master’s degree student (M.S.) at University of Antioquia, Medellin.

From 2016 to 2017, he was a Research Assistant at the Universidad de Córdoba, Monteria. In 2019, he began as a Scholarship Student, performing functions as a Professor of the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Antioquia in Colombia. He is the author of two research articles and one book, both related to logistics for perishable products, supply chain management and operational research tools. His research interests include optimization, agent-based modeling (ABM), circular economy, metaheuristics, artificial intelligence, and supply chain management.

Ing. Galarcio is an Industrial Engineer at the Universidad de Córdoba (CO). He is a master’s in engineering’s student at the Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia. His research interests include optimization, agent-based modeling (ABM), circular economy, metaheuristics, artificial intelligence, and supply chain management.

 

Pablo Andres Maya-Duque, Universidad de antioquia

 P.A. Maya Duque was born in Medellín, Colombia. He held a B.S. in Industrial engineering (B.S.) from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia a Ms.S in Industrial engineering from the University of los Andes in Colombia and a Ph.D. in Operations research from the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

Dr. Maya is associated Professor at the Industrial Engineering Department of the Antioquia University in Colombia. His research interests are mainly on the field of applied OR techniques, particularly to problems with potential social impact such as circular economy, sustainable transport, health services and humanitarian and non-profit logistics.

 

Gloria Lucia Ramirez-Cordoba, Universidad de Antioquia

G.L. Ramirez was born in Sucre, Venezuela in 1979. She received the Management Engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, in 2003. She holds a Master and a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from the Universidad de Zaragoza, España, in 2008 and 2011, respectively.

Dr. Ramirez is a Professor of the Industrial Engineering Department at the Antioquia University in Colombia. Her research interests are related to finance in supply chain management, economic indicators, and circular economy.

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Ceballos, Y. F., Galarcio-Noguera, J. D., Maya-Duque, P. A., & Ramirez-Cordoba, G. L. (2020). Agent-based Model for Environmental Awareness and Extended Producer Responsibility in Developing Countries. Scientia Et Technica, 25(3), 430–437. https://doi.org/10.22517/23447214.24181

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (2020)

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Sistemas y Computación

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