Print Email Facebook Twitter Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach Title Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach Author Lange, K.P.H. (TU Delft Energie and Industrie) Korevaar, G. (TU Delft Energie and Industrie) Nikolic, I. (TU Delft System Engineering) Herder, P.M. (TU Delft Applied Sciences) Faculty Applied Sciences Date 2021 Abstract Industrial Symbiosis Networks (ISNs) consist of firms that exchange residual materials and energy locally, in order to gain economic, environmental and/or social advantages. In practice, ISNs regularly fail when partners leave and the recovery of residual streams ends. Regarding the current societal need for a shift towards sustainability, it is undesirable that ISNs should fail. Failures of ISNs may be caused by actor behaviour that leads to unanticipated economic losses. In this paper, we explore the effect of these behaviours on ISN robustness by using an agent-based model (ABM). The constructed model is based on insights from both literature and participatory modelling in three real-world cases. It simulates the implementation of synergies for local waste exchange and compost production. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used to model agent behaviour in time-dependent bilateral negotiations and synergy evaluation processes. We explored model behaviour with and without TPB logic across a range of possible TPB input variables. The simulation results show how the modelled planned behaviour affects the cash flow outcomes of the social agents and the robustness of the network. The study contributes to the theoretical development of industrial symbiosis research by providing a quantitative model of all ISN implementation stages, in which various behavioural patterns of entrepreneurs are included. It also contributes to practice by offering insights on how network dynamics and robustness outcomes are not only related to context and ISN design, but also to actor behaviour. Subject Agent-Based ModellingCircular EconomyCooperative NetworksEco-Oriented BehaviourIndustrial SymbiosisTheory of Planned Behaviour To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b2503ce2-30fb-423e-ac8c-e969da2061d6 DOI https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.4635 ISSN 1460-7425 Source Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 24 (3) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 K.P.H. Lange, G. Korevaar, I. Nikolic, P.M. Herder Files PDF Actor_Behaviour_and_Robus ... tworks.pdf 3.71 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b2503ce2-30fb-423e-ac8c-e969da2061d6/datastream/OBJ/view