A Multi-agent Model for Product Reuse Service Markets

Abstract

This paper presents a multi agent model for Reuse-Product markets. In the paper, by referring to previous studies, five prerequisites for reuse businesses are extracted. A simulation model with three types of agents: consumers and two types of companies, is proposed. The model contains eight parameters that reflect the prerequisites extracted. The model developed is original and informative because it incorporates the prerequisites that had been treated independently in many cases in previous studies within a single simple framework. In this paper, the model formulation, simulation results, and correspondences with two cases of actual reuse businesses are presented.