TY  - CHAP
A1  - Maurer, Florian
A1  - Nitsch, Felix
A1  - Kochems, Johannes
A1  - Schimeczek, Christoph
A1  - Sander, Volker
A1  - Lehnhoff, Sebastian
T1  - Know your tools - a comparison of two open agent-based energy market models
T2  - 2024 20th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)
N2  - Due to the transition to renewable energies, electricity markets need to be made fit for purpose. To enable the comparison of different energy market designs, modeling tools covering market actors and their heterogeneous behavior are needed. Agent-based models are ideally suited for this task. Such models can be used to simulate and analyze changes to market design or market mechanisms and their impact on market dynamics. In this paper, we conduct an evaluation and comparison of two actively developed open-source energy market simulation models. The two models, namely AMIRIS and ASSUME, are both designed to simulate future energy markets using an agent-based approach. The assessment encompasses modelling features and techniques, model performance, as well as a comparison of model results, which can serve as a blueprint for future comparative studies of simulation models. The main comparison dataset includes data of Germany in 2019 and simulates the Day-Ahead market and participating actors as individual agents. Both models are comparable close to the benchmark dataset with a MAE between 5.6 and 6.4 €/MWh while also modeling the actual dispatch realistically.
KW  - Comparative simulation
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Analytical models
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Instruments
KW  - Refining
KW  - Focusing
KW  - Agent-based modeling
KW  - Energy market
KW  - Open source
KW  - Energy dispatch
Y1  - 2024
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM60825.2024.10609021
N1  - 2024 20th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 10-12 June 2024, Istanbul, Turkiye
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stäudle, Benjamin
A1  - Seynnes, Olivier
A1  - Laps, Guido
A1  - Göll, Fabian
A1  - Brüggemann, Gert-Peter
A1  - Albracht, Kirsten
T1  - Recovery from achilles tendon repair: a combination of Postsurgery Outcomes and Insufficient remodeling of muscle and tendon
JF  - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
N2  - Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) patients have persistent functional deficits in the triceps surae muscle–tendon unit (MTU). The complex remodeling of the MTU accompanying these deficits remains poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to associate in vivo and in silico data to investigate the relations between changes inMTU properties and strength deficits inATR patients. Methods: Elevenmale subjects who had undergone surgical repair of complete unilateral ATR were examined 4.6 ± 2.0 (mean ± SD) yr after rupture. Gastrocnemius medialis (GM) tendon stiffness, morphology, and muscle architecture were determined using ultrasonography. The force–length relation of the plantar flexor muscles was assessed at five ankle joint angles. In addition, simulations (OpenSim) of the GM MTU force–length properties were performed with various iterations of MTU properties found between the unaffected and the affected side. Results: The affected side of the patients displayed a longer, larger, and stiffer GM tendon (13% ± 10%, 105% ± 28%, and 54% ± 24%, respectively) compared with the unaffected side. The GM muscle fascicles of the affected side were shorter (32% ± 12%) and with greater pennation angles (31% ± 26%). A mean deficit in plantarflexion moment of 31% ± 10% was measured. Simulations indicate that pairing an intact muscle with a longer tendon shifts the optimal angular range of peak force outside physiological angular ranges, whereas the shorter muscle fascicles and tendon stiffening seen in the affected side decrease this shift, albeit incompletely. Conclusions: These results suggest that the substantial changes in MTU properties found in ATR patients may partly result from compensatory remodeling, although this process appears insufficient to fully restore muscle function.
KW  - Tendon Rupture
KW  - Stiffness
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Muscle Force
KW  - Muscle Fascicle
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000002592
SN  - 1530-0315
VL  - 53
IS  - 7
SP  - 1356
EP  - 1366
PB  - American College of Sports Medicine
CY  - Philadelphia, Pa.
ER  -