<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
model	O
(	O
Agent-based	B-Application
Computational	I-Application
Economics	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Global	I-Application
Energy	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
decision	B-Application
support	I-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
energy	O
policy	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
controlled	O
computational	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
tool	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
large	O
custom-purpose	O
simulations	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
energy	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
methodological	O
framework	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Voudouris	O
(	O
2011	O
)	O
by	O
extending	O
Voudouris	O
(	O
2010	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
agent-based	O
computational	O
economics	O
(	O
ACE	O
)	O
paradigm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
tool	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
tool	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
important	O
to	O
clarify	O
that	O
although	O
the	O
ACEGES	B-Application
model	O
builds	O
on	O
the	O
available	O
scholarly	O
and	O
policy	O
literature	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
strictly	O
follow	O
any	O
existing	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
project	O
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Vlasios	O
Voudouris	O
(	O
with	O
contributions	O
by	O
Michael	O
Jefferson	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ACEGES	B-Application
decision-support	B-Application
tool	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
models	O
energy	O
demand	O
and	O
supply	O
of	O
218	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
tool	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
output	O
of	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
overall	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
ACEGES	B-Application
project	O
was	O
to	O
develop	O
,	O
test	O
and	O
disseminate	O
an	O
agent-based	O
computational	O
laboratory	O
for	O
the	O
systematic	O
experimental	O
study	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
energy	O
system	O
through	O
the	O
mechanism	O
of	O
Energy	O
Scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
intention	O
was	O
to	O
show	O
how	O
the	O
ACEGES	B-Application
framework	O
and	O
prototype	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
help	O
leaders	O
in	O
government	O
,	O
business	O
and	O
civil	O
society	O
better	O
understand	O
the	O
challenging	O
outlook	O
for	O
energy	O
through	O
controlled	O
computational	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACEGES	B-Application
tool	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
peak	O
oil	O
theory	O
and	O
to	O
develop	O
plausible	O
scenarios	O
of	O
conventional	O
oil	O
production	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
demonstration	O
at	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Details	O
about	O
the	O
ACEGES	B-Application
decision-support	B-Application
tool	O
(	O
including	O
supporting	O
documentation	O
)	O
are	O
available	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
