Structuring Socio-technical Complexity: Modelling Agent Systems using Institutional Analysis

Socio-technical systems consist of many heterogeneous decision making entities and technological artefacts. These systems are governed through public policy that unravels in a multi-scale institutional context, which ranges from norms and values to technical standards. Simulation, agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS) in particular, is an...

Images of cooperation: A methodological exploration in energy networks

To ensure dependable, affordable, and sustainable use of energy, stakeholders in energy production, distribution, and consumption are increasingly seeking for cooperation. They aim to jointly tackle large energy projects in an environmental context that is changing at an increasing rate, towards increasing complexity. Cooperation is seen as a...

Modelling the Emergence of Functioning Natural Gas Wholesale Markets

The European Commission considers liberalized and liquid natural gas wholesale markets as a priority. Agent-based models are considered suited to provide insight in what market conditions contribute to the emergence of functioning natural gas wholesale markets. We present an abstraction of the natural gas market to explore the emergence of...