Abstract
Modern society consists of various groups according to their respective interests. The importance of the citizen participation decision-making process in which such various groups get involved in the numerous decision-making of the society has been emerging. The living lab (LL) can be a sustainable approach in such a modern society because all stakeholders can participate in the problem-solving process. In LL, every group communicates, defines their problems, and discusses with experts to find the best solution. For this process to work effectively, the discussions should be based on clear scientific evidence instead of vague words. This study introduces the modeling and simulation (M&S) process to establish a theoretical basis to help the participants in LL identify problematic situations and analyze the solutions. This process involves discrete event system formalism with a set-theoretical modular form among various modeling and simulation theories and the execution environments. Based on them, participants can reuse or extend the existing simulation model to accelerate the problem-solving process of LL. The case study for multi-modal transit station analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of M&S in LL.
Highlights
Urban spaces and services provided by the city government are the results of numerous decision-making in various administration fields
This study proposes a problem-solving process using the modeling and simulation (M&S) technique to provide the scientific basis for living lab (LL)
The simulation algorithm of the AM is defined as follows: When an input event occurs at elapsed time e, which is less than or equal to ta(s) specified by the time advance function ta, a new state s0 is computed by the external transition function δext
Summary
Urban spaces and services provided by the city government are the results of numerous decision-making in various administration fields. Following the development of information technology (IT) infrastructures and services, various society members can interact, express their opinions and participate in defining and solving problems. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3690 information and estimating the possible results accelerates these changes These types of movements are known as Living Labs (LLs) [6]. The disadvantages shown in the citizen participation decision-making process (i.e., time-consuming, costly, and possibility of worse decision-making) can be problematic in LL, as well. This study proposes a problem-solving process using the modeling and simulation (M&S) technique to provide the scientific basis for LLs. M&S has been established as a scientific basis for defining and presenting solutions to engineering problems, including various social problems. This research introduces a comprehensive case study from the Pohang LL [11]
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