Agent-based computational modeling is changing the face of social science. In <i>Generative Social Science</i>, Joshua Epstein argues that this powerful, novel technique permits the social sciences to meet a fundamentally new standard of explanation, in which one "grows" the phenomenon of interest in...

Energy conservation and related environmental issues are of increasing interest for psychological research and intervention. In the present study, we investigated the cognitive abilities that are necessary in order for people to implement energy saving behaviors in their everyday life routines....

Thermal energy storage plays an important role in extending the operation of a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to times when sufficient solar energy is unavailable for generation of electricity. Extending the CSP plant operation increases its capacity factor and can lead to reduction in...

We propose a neural network model of working memory with one-compartmental neurons and investigate its dynamical properties. We assume that the model consists of excitatory neurons and inhibitory neurons; all the neurons are connected to each other. The excitatory neurons are distinguished as...

Latent thermal energy storage system (LTES) is an effective technique for storing solar energy and load management with advantages including isothermal operation and high-energy storage density. However, the low thermal conductivity of the phase change material (PCM) in a LTES reduces the...

Often to the detriment of human decision making, people are prone to an impact bias when making affective forecasts, overestimating the emotional consequences of future events. The cognitive processes underlying the impact bias, and methods for correcting it, have been debated and warrant...

The assessment of cognitive abilities is critical in large-scale survey studies that aim at elucidating the longitudinal interplay between the individual’s cognitive potential and socio-economic variables. The format of such studies calls for assessment methods which can not only be...

Despite increasing technical sophistication, the quantitative literature has made little progress in forecasting ethnic violence. Nevertheless, recent efforts in predicting the location of ethnic violence from the spatial ethnic distribution seem to be a major step forward. In 2007, Lim,...

The rapid expansion of wind farms has drawn attention to operations and maintenance issues. Condition monitoring solutions have been developed to detect and diagnose abnormalities of various wind turbine subsystems with the goal of reducing operations and maintenance costs. This paper explores...