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

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. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012.