Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program

SMACH (Multi-Agent Simulation of Human Activity and Consumption in the Home) is a simulation platform that is part of EDF’s research and development framework. It aims to use simulation to anticipate and reduce energy consumption at different levels of analysis (housing, neighborhood, city, country)...

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Main Author: Yvon Haradji
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche et Pratique sur les Activités 2021-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/activites/6196
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description SMACH (Multi-Agent Simulation of Human Activity and Consumption in the Home) is a simulation platform that is part of EDF’s research and development framework. It aims to use simulation to anticipate and reduce energy consumption at different levels of analysis (housing, neighborhood, city, country). The aim of this article is to characterize a “course-of-action” technological research program by referring to several years of SMACH research work. We mainly focus on the importance of the organic relationship between technology and human activity and we show the evolution of this organic relationship as we follow the different stages that characterize this technological research program. This article can be seen as a basis for generalizing and specifying the effective criteria for validating a technological research program and as a contribution to a reflection on design in ergonomics.
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Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program
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design
course of action
activity analysis
technological research program
synthetic model
participatory simulation
title Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program
title_full Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program
title_fullStr Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program
title_full_unstemmed Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program
title_short Multi-agent simulation of human activity: a concretization in ergonomics of the technological “course of action” research program
title_sort multi agent simulation of human activity a concretization in ergonomics of the technological course of action research program
topic design
course of action
activity analysis
technological research program
synthetic model
participatory simulation
url https://journals.openedition.org/activites/6196
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