Segnalo il seguente seminario, che si terrà Martedì prossimo in Sapienza.
*Martedì 21 Marzo, ore 14:00* Sala di Consiglio, Dipartimento di
Matematica, Sapienza Università di Roma
*Speaker:* Marta Leocata, SNS
*Title: *Modeling an example of green transition
*Abstract:* The work presented is part of a collaboration between
mathematicians and philosophers of ethics, politics, and society aiming to
understand mechanisms of green energy transition where some kind of
interaction between many subjects and collective behaviors seem to play a
role. We have identified as a first example the case of solar photovoltaic,
with the purpose of explaining the time series of Italy and of different
regions. We use tools from continuous-time Markov chains, mean field
limits, optimal control, and mean field games.
Then, we specify our analysis on the case of domestic installations. In
order to explain them we propose a Markovian model of interacting particle
systems to describe the decision of a significant proportion of the general
public in Italy on the installation of solar photovoltaics (PVs) and
compare our models to real data. We assume that the adoption decision
follows a well precise pattern. First, the general public develops a
certain level of sensitivity to climate change and environmental issues.
Then it plans to install the PVs because she/he has a sufficient amount of
information on the benefits of PVs. Finally, it installs PVs because the
economic benefits out-weights the costs. In conclusion, we propose some
original policies, not based not on financial incentives. This work is in
collaboration with Franco Flandoli (SNS), Giulia Livieri (SNS), Silvia
Morlacchi (SNS), Fausto Corvino (University of Gothenburg) and Alberto
Pirni (SSSA).
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Vittoria Silvestri
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
University "La Sapienza"
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5
00185 - Rome
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