Multi agent simulation of occupants' presence and behaviour

To better understand how we can improve urban sustainability we need to focus our predictive efforts at the grassroots level of individual inhabitants. To this end we propose a multi agent simulation platform. In describing each element of this platform we review research advances in modelling occupants’ presence, activities, behaviours, comfort and investments; suggesting also where further research is required. Our motive here is not to be prescriptive, but simply to start a debate and the process of achieving consensus so that research and development efforts are targeted in a common direction.