Citing

If you use SmartCer in your research, please cite the software:

@software{smartcer,
    author  = {Guiducci, Leonardo},
    title   = {SmartCer: A Gymnasium Environment for Renewable Energy Communities},
    year    = {2026},
    version = {1.0.1},
    url     = {https://github.com/unisi-lab305/SmartCer},
}

If you use the reinforcement learning formulation, please also cite:

@inproceedings{guiducci2023meco,
  author    = {Guiducci, Leonardo and Palma, Giulia and Stentati, Marta and Rizzo, Antonio and Paoletti, Simone},
  title     = {A Reinforcement Learning approach to the management of Renewable Energy Communities},
  booktitle = {2023 12th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO)},
  year      = {2023},
  pages     = {1--8},
  doi       = {10.1109/MECO58584.2023.10154979}
}

The repository also has a CITATION.cff file, which GitHub shows as “Cite this repository”.

The model follows:

• M. Stentati, S. Paoletti, A. Vicino, Optimization of energy communities in the Italian incentive system, IEEE PES ISGT-Europe 2022.

• L. Guiducci, G. Palma, M. Stentati, A. Rizzo, S. Paoletti, A Reinforcement Learning approach to the management of Renewable Energy Communities, MECO 2023.

• D. C. Heath, P. L. Jackson, Modeling the evolution of demand forecasts with application to safety stock analysis in production/distribution systems, IIE Transactions 26(3), pp. 17-30, 1994 (martingale model of forecast evolution).

License

SmartCer is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file.

Acknowledgements

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Developed within the SUMMA project, funded by Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale (crescerAI). Wording and funding details to be verified before publication.