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Managing energy tariffs with agents: a field study of a future smart energy system at home

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Sarvapali D. Ramchurn,

Enrico Costanza,

Nicholas R. JenningsAuthors Info & Claims

UbiComp/ISWC'15 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

Pages 1551 - 1558

https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2801626

Published: 07 September 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Interactive autonomous systems are likely to be more involved in future energy systems to assist human users. Given this, we prototyped a future scenario in which householders are assisted in switching electricity tariffs by an agent-based interactive system. The system uses real-time electricity monitoring to instantiate a scenario where participants may have to make, or delegate to their agent (in a variety ways), tariff switching decisions given uncertainty about their own consumption. We carried out a field trial with 12 households for 6 weeks in order to study the notion of autonomy. The results show nuanced ways in which monitoring system performance and taking control is balanced in everyday practice. Our field study provides promising directions for future use of smart systems that help householders manage their energy.

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Managing energy tariffs with agents: a field study of a future smart energy system at home
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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UbiComp/ISWC'15 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

September 2015

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ISBN:9781450335751

DOI:10.1145/2800835

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Chirisa IMatamanda A(2019)Smart Cities in Sub-Saharan AfricaIndustrial and Urban Growth Policies at the Sub-National, National, and Global Levels10.4018/978-1-5225-7625-9.ch005(83-99)Online publication date: 2019
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7625-9.ch005
Beal RNorman TRamchurn S(2019)Artificial intelligence for team sports: a surveyThe Knowledge Engineering Review10.1017/S026988891900022534Online publication date: 20-Dec-2019
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888919000225
Alan ACostanza ERamchurn SFischer JRodden TJennings N(2016)Tariff AgentACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/294377023:4(1-28)Online publication date: 3-Aug-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2943770
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