Coalition Formation among the Cooperative Agents for Efficient Energy Consumption

Areej A. Malibari, Daniyal Alghazzawi and Maha M. A. Lashin
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Areej A. Malibari: Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah P.O.Box 80200, Saudi Arabia
Daniyal Alghazzawi: Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah P.O.Box 80200, Saudi Arabia
Maha M. A. Lashin: College of Engineering, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh P.O.Box 11671, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-18

Abstract: Energy saving is a significant research area in Saudi Arabia; however, significant problems have emerged related to its distribution and consumption. Use of an agent is assumed to combat these problems by forming efficient coalitions to control the energy consumption and energy distribution process. This study presents a novel algorithm for distributing the value calculation among the cooperative agents. This is likely to reduce the consumption of energy and extend the coalition lifetime used. The developed algorithm is compared with the basic modified coalition formation algorithm for evaluating its effectiveness. The results showed a reduction in cooling consumption by 20% after applying optimization algorithms. The amount of reduction in the cooling consumption reflects a 31% reduction in expected cooling costs, without affecting the household comfort. Therefore, the study concludes that DNsys provided better performance than the NNsys.

Keywords: agent; coalitions; consumption; DNsys; DCVC algorithm; cooling consumption; energy distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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