Supply Chain Participation Model

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Abstract: An agent-based model (ABM) to simulate farmer bioenergy crop adoption behavior. ABMs provide a framework for incorporating economic and non-economic factors including environmental, spatial, and social influences into individual decision-making. We estimate grower participation levels for supplying corn stover and converting land into perennial energy crop production by incorporating the influence of farm attributes, market structure, social networks, media influence, and individual characteristics on farmer decisions. The model assesses the propagation of individual-level decisions on bioenergy feedstock supply for a specific region. Identifying levers that have the most impact on grower adoption has important implications for the future of the
industry.
Model/Tool Platform:
Repast/Java
General Modeling Type:
Agent-based
Primary analytical purpose:
Feasibility/Implementation assessment: Assessment of the feasibility or implementation of technologies and feedstocks in terms of operations or in the context of their landscape or market.
Secondary analytical purpose:
Feedstock market assessment: Assessment of potential feedstock resources using an approach that evaluates the market sector producing the feedstock (e.g., agriculture or forestry).
Metric categories:
  • Socio-economic:
    • Techno-economic Impact
    • Trade
Geospatial resolution:
Regional/Watershed
Temporal resolution:
Years
Laboratory:
INL - Idaho National Laboratory
Principal investigator:
Damon Hartley
Model start year:
2018
Model last updated:
2020
Development status:
In Development
Level of validation/review:
Internal QA/QC or Peer Review
Links: (None specified)
Model scope:
Supply chain elements
Biomass Supply
Feedstock Logistics
Conversion
Distribution
End Use
  • Feedstock Types
    • Agricultural Residues
    • Herbaceous Energy Crops
    • Forest Residues
    • Forest Resources
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Analytical Purpose
Supply Chain Elements
Biomass Supply
Feedstock Logistics
Conversion
Distribution
End Use

Feasibility / Implementation Models

Landscape Environmental Assessment Framework v 3.0 (LEAF)
Supply chain elements: Biomass Supply, Feedstock Logistics
Supply Chain Participation Model
Supply chain elements: Biomass Supply, Feedstock Logistics
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Information last updated: Feb. 21, 2020 10:31:45 EST