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Promotional poster for the ePolicy project
The document discusses the ePolicy Global Optimizer model aimed at aiding policy makers in decision-making through multi-criteria optimization and strategic environmental assessments. It highlights the integration of global and individual perspectives, the use of agent-based modeling for simulating social reactions, and the evaluation of policy instruments' impacts on society. Additionally, it outlines the importance of opinion mining and visualization tools that cater to various roles in policy design and implementation.
Promotional poster for the ePolicy project
- 1. Engineering the Policy-Making LifeCycle h"p://www.epolicy-‐project.eu THE ePolicy G L O B A L OPTIMIZER MODEL • Aim: to support policy makers in coming to decisions • Produces alternative plans • Global and individual perspectives merged • Multi criteria optimization • Strategic Environmental Assessment • Multi-disciplinary approach • Energy plan as a case study INCENTIVE • Methodology to move to other policy domains DESIGN • Efficient budget allocation for incentives IMPLEMENTING T H E e P o l i c y OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS BY POLICY MAKER CONFIGURATION BY ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT FEEDBACK BY CITIZENS Global Op/miser M O D E L Opinion Mining OPINION PER TOPIC S O C I A L SIMULATOR POLICY TARGET ENERGY MONEY 20M € • Implemented as web services to support: – Environmental experts Incen/ve Design – Policy makers • The global optimizer provides alternative scenarios • Agent based modelling • Simulates social reaction to policy instruments PARTITION MONEY IN INCENTIVE MECHANISMS INCENTIVE POLICY • The incentive design identifies policy instruments for achieving the objectives of the plan • The social simulator evaluates the impact of the policy instrument on the society • Encouraging participants to be truthful • Individual perspective Social Simulator O P I N I O N MINING 10M € (opOonal) GROUP INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVE MECHANISMS Quality € MW Opinions • Digs blogs and fora • The opinion mining component identifies the attitudes that people express t environment t 1 policy per instrument t trends t • Retrieves relevant text • Extracts opinions V I S U A L I S AT I O N D E TA I L S ABSTRACTION The visualisation meets two main needs by: • providing intuitive access to ePolicy’s analytical models • communicating abstract and concrete ideas on the policy area Three visual interfaces will be implemented: • the global optimiser • the incentive design and social simulator • the opinion mining component The visualisation modules are: • designed with different abstraction levels in mind • addressing several roles (modelling experts, policy makers) • adaptable to alternative or similar cases