Abstract
In dealing with the energy challenges that our societies face (dwindling fossil resources, price uncertainty, carbon emissions), we increasingly fall back on system designs that transcend the boundaries of firms, industrial parks or even countries. Whereas from the drawing board the challenges of integrating energy networks already seem daunting, the inclusion of different stakeholders in a process of setting up large energy systems is excruciatingly complex and ripe with uncertainty.
New directions in risk assessment and adaptive policy making do not attempt to ‘solve’ risk, uncertainty or complexity, but to provide researchers and decision makers with tools to handle the lack of certitude. After delving into the intricacies of cooperation, this paper addresses two approaches to clarify the complexity of cooperation: agent-based simulation and serious games. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages in terms of the phenomena that can be captured. By comparing the outcomes of the approaches new insights can be gained.
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Ligtvoet, A., Herder, P.M. (2012). Simulation and Gaming for Understanding the Complexity of Cooperation in Industrial Networks. In: Hammami, O., Krob, D., Voirin, JL. (eds) Complex Systems Design & Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25203-7_5
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