Evolutionary Game of Digital-Driven Photovoltaic–Storage–Use Value Chain Collaboration: A Value Intelligence Creation Perspective
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
1. The preface of this paper is too long and can be shortened appropriately. The preface alone is more like a review, but the references in this paper are too few according to the review paper, so the author should modify the length of the paper appropriately.
2. The simulation of this paper needs to be verified with the actual case.
3. How to determine the accuracy of the simulation results in this paper？
4. In the conclusion part, some results described in the form of data should be added, which can make the readers' understanding of the paper more intuitive.
5. Some format and language problems need to be revised.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 1 Comments
Point 1: The preface of this paper is too long and can be shortened appropriately. The preface alone is more like a review, but the references in this paper are too few according to the review paper, so the author should modify the length of the paper appropriately.
Response 1: I have shortened the introduction appropriately. The first two paragraphs of the original manuscript introduce the research background and research object. Some content will be mentioned in the coming sections. Now, the two paragraphs are revised to one paragraph. The modified part is marked in red.
Point 2: The simulation of this paper needs to be verified with the actual case.
Response 2: Since this paper is mainly a numerical simulation, the numerical values of all parameters do not represent the real values, but the relationship between them satisfies the basic logic of the real situation[1]. In Section 5, the parameters of numerical simulation are abstracted and set by actual cases, objective facts and previous experience, which can reflect the logic of actual cases. In view of the above situation, the paper refers to the parameter setting and simulation research ideas of literature [2-4].
Due to space limitation, this paper takes the ideal equilibrium point as an example when discussing the stable equilibrium of system evolution. The initial numerical simulation in Section 5 also meets the constraints of this equilibrium point. It is not only in line with reality but also in line with expectations. In Section 5.1-5.2, changing parameter values can be understood as different scenarios in actual cases. After summarizing some relevant studies [1, 2], it is found that there are some literatures that study different cases through numerical simulation analysis.In these studies, there is no actual case study as a separate part or section.
It is revised and described in section 5 to ensure the combination of simulation and practice. The modified part is marked in red. If the reviewer still has doubts about this reply, please make comments and I will try my best to revise it again.
Point 3: How to determine the accuracy of the simulation results in this paper？
Response 3: First of all, the setting of model parameters in this paper meets the economic assumptions and empirical judgments. Based on the previous research experience and objective facts, the parameters are reasonable and can obtain logical simulation results. Secondly, the simulation tool is matlab. The path of evolutionary game can be simulated by changing the parameter value. Multiple simulations can be performed to verify the results. Finally, some of the simulation results of this paper can also be supported by the existing literature. The above description is written and analyzed in section 5.
Point 4: In the conclusion part, some results described in the form of data should be added, which can make the readers' understanding of the paper more intuitive.
Response 4: The reviewer's input is very valuable. However, because this paper mainly adopts the method of numerical simulation to study the evolution state of the system, it is difficult to describe the conclusion with definite data form. Generally, the conclusion is expressed as the evolution tendency of the system and the change of the probability of the subject's behavior choice intention. To this end, we add a small amount of description in the form of data or a more intuitive description of the results in the conclusion.The modified part is marked in red.
Point 5: Some format and language problems need to be revised.
Response 5: I have checked and revised the spelling, grammar, format and other issues in the manuscript. The blue sections of the manuscript indicate extensive check and revision of the sentences.
References
- Qu, X.; Wang, X.; Qin, X., Research on Responsible Innovation Mechanism Based on Prospect Theory. Sustainability 2023, 15, (2).
- Li, G.; Yu, H.; Lu, M., Low-Carbon Collaboration in the Supply Chain under Digital Transformation: An Evolutionary Game-Theoretic Analysis. Processes 2022, 10, (10).
- Wang, E.; Nie, J.; Wang, Y., Government Subsidy Strategies for the New Energy Vehicle Power Battery Recycling Industry. Sustainability 2023, 15, (3).
- Shen, L.; Yang, Q.; Hou, Y.; Lin, J., Research on information sharing incentive mechanism of China's port cold chain logistics enterprises based on blockchain. Ocean & Coastal Management 2022, 225.
Reviewer 2 Report
In order to analyze the value chain collaborative process from the three stages of resource input, information sharing, and coupling collaboration, this paper studies the mechanism of value intelligence creation. It also builds a tripartite evolutionary game model of a photovoltaic power generator, an energy storage provider, and a user, and simulates the evolution path. The simulation results demonstrate that the initial levels of willingness of the user, the energy storage provider, and the photovoltaic power generator will influence the outcomes of the value chain collaboration and that the levels of willingness of each subject have varying degrees of influence on one another. The paper needs some revision:
-check the quality of figure 1;
-check the paper for some writing errors; there are many grammatical errors.
-Fig 2 needs more illustrations;
-section 4.2 needs some block diagram
-the main equations need to be referred to as the original equations
-figure 6 has low quality and needs to be revised
-the text font in figure 8 is too small and unreadable
-add some comparison with related studies
-add some fuzzy-based energy management systems such as: A dynamic general type-2 fuzzy system with optimized secondary membership for online frequency regulation; to give a better direction to readers
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Author Response
Response to Reviewer 2 Comments
Point 1: check the quality of figure 1.
Response 1: I replaced figure 1 with a higher quality picture.
Point 2: check the paper for some writing errors; there are many grammatical errors.
Response 2: Manuscript is rewritten and proofread for grammatical errors. The blue sections of the manuscript indicate extensive check and revision of the sentences.
Point 3: Fig 2 needs more illustrations.
Response 3: I replaced figure 2 with a higher quality picture. The meaning of some icons is added to Figure 2, as shown below. Some texts have also been added to the paragraphs of the manuscript.
Point 4: section 4.2 needs some block diagram.
Response 4: Tripartite evolutionary game model is built in section 4.2. According to the stability theorem of the replicated dynamic differential equation， evolutionary path of three subjects is analyzed. This section is mainly about formula calculation and analysis process. I have some questions about this comment point. What aspects should some block diagram be reflected? I have read a lot of literature, such as reference[1-3], but did not find the relevant block diagram. So I didn't add the block diagram. If the block diagram is necessary, can the reviewer provide me with good literature or ideas for reference? I will be very grateful to you.
Point 5: the main equations need to be referred to as the original equations.
Response 5: some equations are modified. But I'm sorry I still don't fully understand the meaning of this comment. If there is any formula that needs to be modified, please point it out. Thank you very much！
Point 6: figure 6 has low quality and needs to be revised
Response 6: I replaced figure 6 with a higher quality picture.
Point 7: the text font in figure 8 is too small and unreadable.
Response 7: I enlarged the text font size in Figure 8-13.
Point 8: add some comparison with related studies.
Response 8: some comparison with related studies is added in the end of section 5.2， and marked in red. The analysis shows that the relevant research has verified some of the conclusions in this paper, but it is not complete.The applicability to value intelligence creation perspective of suggested sensitivity fac-tors in this paper is higher in versus of some other influencing factors in related studies.
Point 9:add some fuzzy-based energy management systems such as: A dynamic general type-2 fuzzy system with optimized secondary membership for online frequency regulation; to give a better direction to readers.
Response 9: Thanks for the research direction provided by the reviewers. Relevant research is added in section 2.2 and marked in red.
References
- Qu, X.; Wang, X.; Qin, X., Research on Responsible Innovation Mechanism Based on Prospect Theory. Sustainability 2023, 15, (2).
- Wang, L.; Wang, Z.; Tian, L.; Li, C., Evolutionary Game and Numerical Simulation of Enterprises’ Green Technology Innovation: Based on the Credit Sales Financing Service of Supply Chain. Sustainability 2022, 15, (1).
- Wang, E.; Nie, J.; Wang, Y., Government Subsidy Strategies for the New Energy Vehicle Power Battery Recycling Industry. Sustainability 2023, 15, (3).
Reviewer 3 Report
sustainability-2198461-peer-review-v1
Evolutionary Game of Digital-driven Photovoltaic-storage-use Value Chain Collaboration: A Value Intelligence Creation Perspective.
In this article, authors present a study on evolutionary game of digital-driven photovoltaic-storage-use value chain collaboration. The topic seems to be interested. But unfortunately, there are recommendations to do before accepting the paper in this format.
Author should clarify the following:
1. In abstract, some sentences are lengthy and unclear. The author is suggested to revise all lengthy sentences available in abstract as well as in entire paper.
2. Abstract should have one sentence per each: context and background, motivation, hypothesis, methods, results, conclusions. What problem did you study and why is it important? What methods did you use? What were your main results? And what conclusions can you draw from your results? Please make your abstract with more specific and quantitative results while it suits broader audiences.
3. In introduction, before starting the mentioned references, there is a need to add 8-9 lines related to the subject of the paper and write in general introduction. After that you should connect them with the references.
4. The structure of the introduction section is not good. It should have two separate paragraphs at its end, one of which presents the contribution and explanations of this work; and the other one outlines the coming sections.
5. It is not clear what theories and techniques are originally proposed by the authors. It seems only adopting existing ones. Please highlight novelty and innovation of this work.
6. The texts written in Figures 9-13 are not clear and hence not readable.
7. The format of references needs to be consistent. The missing information in the literature needs to be supplemented.
8. Manuscript is poorly written and contains many grammatical errors. It needs to be rewritten and proofread for grammatical errors by a native English speaker.
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Author Response
Response to Reviewer 3 Comments
Point 1: in abstract, some sentences are lengthy and unclear. The author is suggested to revise all lengthy sentences available in abstract as well as in entire paper.
Response 1: We checked and revised the spelling, grammar, format and other issues of all lengthy sentences in the manuscript. The blue sections of the manuscript indicate extensive check and revision of the sentences.
Point 2: Abstract should have one sentence per each: context and background, motivation, hypothesis, methods, results, conclusions. What problem did you study and why is it important? What methods did you use? What were your main results? And what conclusions can you draw from your results? Please make your abstract with more specific and quantitative results while it suits broader audiences.
Response 2: The abstract has been rewritten as required. New abstract shows that authors present a study on evolutionary game of digital-driven photovoltaic-storage-use value chain collaboration.
It first introduces the background and motivation of the research, then elaborates the content and aspects of the research, and finally puts forward four conclusions of the research, and adds some more specific results. As follows.
In the context of "carbon neutral", distributed energy such as photovoltaic power generation and energy storage system is developing rapidly. Meanwhile, the new generation of information tech-nology, such as “Cloud computing, Big data, the Internet of things, Mobile Internet, AI, Block-chain”, drives the digital transformation of the energy industry. Under digital drive, how the agents in the photovoltaic-storage-use value chain collaborate and create value intelligently is a question worthy of deep consideration. Firstly, value creation mechanism and collaborative pro-cess of digital driven photovoltaic-storage-use value chain are analyzed from a value intelligence creation perspective. Secondly, the tripartite evolutionary game model of photovoltaic power generator, energy storage provider and user is established. Finally, the influencing factors of digi-tal driven photovoltaic-storage-use value chain collaboration are explored through a numerical simulation, and the management suggestions are put forward. The study found that: (1) the be-havior choice of each agent in the value chain will affect the decision of other agents. In particular, the photovoltaic power generator has a great influence on the cooperative willingness of other agents. In order to promote the value chain collaboration, the guiding role of photovoltaic power generator should be fully played. (2) Agents on the value chain can use a variety of digital tech-nologies to improve enabling benefit, which is conducive to promoting value chain collaboration. (3) The driving costs and potential risks are obstacles for value chain collaboration. Cost reduction and risk prevention are effective ways to improve the willingness of collaboration. (4) Reasonable incentive compensation mechanism and information asymmetry punishment measures are the key to enhancing collective willingness. This research provides theoretical support for photovolta-ic-storage-use value chain collaboration from a value intelligence creation perspective
Point 3: In introduction, before starting the mentioned references, there is a need to add 8-9 lines related to the subject of the paper and write in general introduction. After that you should connect them with the references.
Response 3: I revised the beginning of the introduction according to the above comments. Use a paragraph at the beginning of the section 1 as a general introduction. The modified part is marked in red. Since another reviewer also proposed some amendments to the introduction, here we have deleted and revised the introduction based on the opinions of both parties. If there are still some inadequacies, please continue to comment, thank you!
Point 3: The structure of the introduction section is not good. It should have two separate paragraphs at its end, one of which presents the contribution and explanations of this work; and the other one outlines the coming sections.
Response 4: The structure of the introduction section was modified. Now there are two complete paragraphs, one of which presents the contribution of this work; and the other one outlines the coming sections.
Point 5: It is not clear what theories and techniques are originally proposed by the authors. It seems only adopting existing ones. Please highlight novelty and innovation of this work.
Response 5: By summarizing the existing literature, we can find that, in terms of research objects, most of them focus on a single node, especially the collaborative mechanism of photovoltaic industrial chain development. There are few studies on energy storage node and energy use node as the main body participating in the value chain collaboration. In terms of research background, there is a lack of relevant research on the collaboration of photovoltaic storage value chain driven by digital technology. In the aspect of research methods, the essence of collaborative problem is to play a game and find the equilibrium among the subjects. The actual photovoltaic storage market is in an asymmetric information environment, and there is an incomplete information game among photovoltaic nodes, energy storage nodes and energy consumption nodes .
Unlike previous studies, this paper studies how to realize the value in-telligence creation of photovoltaic-storage-use value chain under the background of digital drive. It is a new research perspectives, and enriches the study of value chain theory. The innovation of research methods is mainly reflected in the application of dynamic evolutionary game and numerical simulation to value chain collaborative decision-making. After revision, the above innovation points are highlighted in the introduction and literature review.
Point 6: The texts written in Figures 9-13 are not clear and hence not readable.
Response 6: I enlarged the text font size in Figure 8-13.
Point 7: The format of references needs to be consistent. The missing information in the literature needs to be supplemented.
Response 7: The format of references is modified.
Point 8: Manuscript is poorly written and contains many grammatical errors. It needs to be rewritten and proofread for grammatical errors by a native English speaker.
Response 8: Manuscript is rewritten and proofread for grammatical errors.
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The paper can be accepted, in my opinion,
Author Response
Thank you very much for your comments, I will continue to work hard!
Reviewer 3 Report
sustainability-2198461-peer-review-v2
Evolutionary Game of Digital-driven Photovoltaic-storage-use Value Chain Collaboration: A Value Intelligence Creation Perspective.
Authors have made a correction in the paper if compared to the first submission. But unfortunately, there are recommendations to do before accepting the paper in this format.
1. Page 1, line 18, in Abstract, author mentions, “The study found that: (1) the behavior choice…”. Please modify it by writing in present tense verb.
2. All references must be written in symmetrical and in uniform way. In addition to this, please mention DOI number for all references, wherever possible.
3. Page 2, line 87, rewrite “Section5” as “Section 5”.
4. In the conclusion section, please revise it and improve it by re-organizing it into one paragraph only including the suggested future work.
5. Page 15, line 514, The numerical experiment, if we can call it, seems to be too simple to verify the usefulness of these methods. Author must consider at least one example with real-world data.
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Author Response
Response to Reviewer 3 Comments
Point 1: Page 1, line 18, in Abstract, author mentions, “The study found that: (1) the behavior choice…”. Please modify it by writing in present tense verb.
Response 1: We changed " The study found that:…" to " The study finds that:…".
Point 2: All references must be written in symmetrical and in uniform way. In addition to this, please mention DOI number for all references, wherever possible.
Response 2: We checked the relevance of each piece of literature to the paper. We confirmed the format and information of all the literature. And the DOI number is added.
Point 3: Page 2, line 87, rewrite “Section5” as “Section 5”.
Response 3: We changed " Section5" to " Section 5".
Point 4: In the conclusion section, please revise it and improve it by re-organizing it into one paragraph only including the suggested future work.
Response 4: Section 6 is re-organizing into one paragraph. The reorganized paragraph is longer, so I modified and refined it. However, we're a little bit confused about this point. In many literature in this journal, there are also cases where the conclusion section is divided into multiple paragraphs. Therefore, if my understanding of the reviewer's comments is somewhat wrong, or the reviewer is still not satisfied with my modification, please continue to point out. I will continue to make efforts to modify, thank you.
Point 5: Page 15, line 514, The numerical experiment, if we can call it, seems to be too simple to verify the usefulness of these methods. Author must consider at least one example with real-world data.
Response 5: In Section 5 of the original manuscript, the parameters of numerical simulation were abstracted and set by actual cases, objective facts and previous experience. However, it was not clearly explained in the original manuscript. This time, I listed part of the real research situation and data. Due to the confidentiality of some business data of the research object， some data are simulated according to the real situation.
In Section 5.1-5.2, changing parameter values can be understood as different scenarios in actual cases. After summarizing some relevant studies [1-5], it is found that there are some literatures that study different cases through numerical simulation analysis. The numerical values of all parameters do not represent the real values, but the relationship between them satisfies the basic logic of the real situation[6].
It is revised and described in section 5 to ensure the combination of simulation and practice. The modified part is marked in red. If the reviewer still has doubts about this reply, please make comments and I will try my best to revise it again.
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