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Institutional modelling, a type of agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS), integrates social rules (institutions) to understand system dynamics. It uses Institutional Grammar (IG) to analyze emergent behaviors and inform policy.

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  • Computational Social Science
  • Systems Science

Background:

  • Agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS) traditionally focuses on individual behavior.
  • Explicitly modeling social structures and rules (institutions) is crucial for understanding complex systems.
  • Socio-ecological-technical systems require approaches that integrate individual actions with overarching institutional frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and define institutional modelling as a branch of ABMS.
  • To highlight the utility of the Institutional Grammar (IG) framework within institutional modelling.
  • To demonstrate how institutional modelling captures social complexity and aids in understanding institutional emergence and dynamics for policy analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS) as a foundation.
  • Incorporating institutions, defined as system rules shaping behavior, into ABMS.
  • Employing the Institutional Grammar (IG) with its six components for conceptualizing, collecting data on, coding, and integrating institutions into models.

Main Results:

  • Institutional modelling effectively captures the structural complexities inherent in social systems within ABMS.
  • This approach facilitates the explanation of how institutions emerge and evolve over time.
  • It enables the study of interactions between bottom-up individual processes and top-down institutional structures.

Conclusions:

  • Institutional modelling enhances ABMS by explicitly incorporating social structures and rules.
  • The Institutional Grammar (IG) provides a structured method for operationalizing institutions in models.
  • This approach offers valuable insights for theory development, social system understanding, and policy analysis.