<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>109</termId><termName>k-SDSS ABM agents</termName><termType>PT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>SYMSITES</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>k-SDSS ABM agents</termSortkey><termNote label="Scope"><![CDATA[ <p>SYMSITES k-SDSS</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>In k-SDSS, agents represent actors in the I-US theatre.<br /><br />The k-SDSS scaffold model consists of different actors modelled as "real agents" with social behaviour: <strong>Town,</strong> <strong>Landfill</strong> and <strong>Companies</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Town</strong> is a single agent representing the urban source of waste. Generates specific amounts of waste types A-E, which can vary probabilistically over time. Can form links to supply waste to compatible companies set in the waste exchange configuration matrix tailored for each EcoSite. The non-localized model is build around a realistic but generic waste exchange matrix.</p>
<p><strong>Landfill</strong> is single agent acting as the default sink for unexchanged waste.</p>
<p><strong>Companies</strong> represent industrial entities within the I-US region.</p>
<p>All agents are modelled to implement their internal behaviour rules, to respond to I-US internal patterns<br />and to react to the effects of external influence.<br />Real agents are all modelled around a stay-or-leave key-rule.<br />Abstract agents' behavioural rules depend on the role of each agent type.</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>In k-SDSS, agents represent actors in the I-US theatre.<br /><br />The k-SDSS scaffold model consists of different actors modelled as "real agents" with social behaviour: <strong>Town,</strong> <strong>Landfill</strong> and <strong>Companies</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Town</strong> is a single agent representing the urban source of waste. Generates specific amounts of waste types A-E, which can vary probabilistically over time. Can form links to supply waste to compatible companies set in the waste exchange configuration matrix tailored for each EcoSite. The non-localized model is build around a realistic but generic waste exchange matrix.</p>
<p><strong>Landfill</strong> is single agent acting as the default sink for unexchanged waste.</p>
<p><strong>Companies</strong> represent industrial entities within the I-US region.</p>
<p>All agents are modelled to implement their internal behaviour rules, to respond to I-US internal patterns<br />and to react to the effects of external influence.<br />Real agents are all modelled around a stay-or-leave key-rule.<br />Abstract agents' behavioural rules depend on the role of each agent type.</p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>k-SDSS ABM agents</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>108</termId><termName>ABM agents</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>96</termId><termName>Agents behaviour model</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>