From green norms to policies - combining bottom-up and top-down approaches

Authors

Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu, University of OtagoFollow
Lam-Son Le, University of WollongongFollow
Aditya K. Ghose, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

77941

Publication Details

Savarimuthu, B., Le, L. & Ghose, A. K. (2012). From green norms to policies - combining bottom-up and top-down approaches. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7455 168-183.

Abstract

This paper proposes and describes an architecture that enables the identification and spreading of green norms in agent societies and the eventual elevation of green norms into policies. Using a real world case study on duplex printing, this paper demonstrates how norms can be identified and also discusses approaches for spreading norms. Using an agent-based simulation study of the energy conservation domain, this paper demonstrates the impact of boomerang effect on norm spreading.