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SimCo (“Simulation of the governance of complex systems”) is a general-purpose framework that can be used for investigating various infrastructure systems, such as road transportation or the energy system.

==ABM and Governance==
SimCo aims at advancing our knowledge of the dynamics of those complex socio-technical systems by means of ''agent based modelling'' (ABM). ABM is a powerful tool to explore issues of governance, too, e.g. in the cases of risk management or sustainable transitions (see [[Purpose]]).

==Three strands of research==
SimCo is positioned at the intersection of computer simulation, governance theory and research on infrastructure systems:

* As in other cases of ABM, it investigates the governability of complex socio-technical systems experimentally, by means of computer simulation.
* From governance research it takes the idea of different modes of governance (e.g. decentralized self-coordination versus central control).
* Finally, modelling infrastructures as specific “spaces” constraining agents' actions and interactions, is taken from the engineering sciences.

==Sociological roots==
SimCo is rooted in a sociological micro-macro-model, combining agents' choices at the micro-level and system dynamics at the macro-level.
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