Using gaming simulation to understand deregulation dynamics

Backus, George A.; Amlin, Jeff

doi:10.1177/1046878104272664

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“…They also learn from role reversal when planners play companies or urban planners play regional planners. This is consistent with typical experience with games (Greenblat & Bredemeier, 1981), although playing a role in the game that is different from one's professional role can also pose problems of uncertainty with the role (e.g., Backus & Amlin, 2005). An interesting observation is that a certain type of behavior known by participants to be problematic is nevertheless reproduced in the game.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Urban Sprawl: Using a Game to Sensitize Stakeholders to the Interdependencies Among Actors’ Preferences

Reckien

Eisenack

2008

Simulation & Gaming

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This article introduces QuAG, a role-playing game, to enhance understanding of urban development through a social simulation. The participants represent actors of city development, divided into moving (e.g., residents, industry, retail) and nonmoving actors (e.g., planners, politicians). Development is performed by the relocation of actors between urban and suburban areas depending on the regions’ attractiveness and the actors’ preferences. An area’s attractiveness varies with the location changes of actors and the manipulation by planners. The game is based on a qualitative computer model with similar rules and elements. The role-play was effective in two ways: it sensitized participants to the interdependencies among actors and their contribution to a region’s attractiveness and made the computer model more tangible to them. If a similar impact of the planning measures in the game can be expected in the real world, the effects of investments can provide strong incentives for the movers.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Urban Sprawl: Using a Game to Sensitize Stakeholders to the Interdependencies Among Actors’ Preferences

Reckien

Eisenack

2008

Simulation & Gaming

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“…Almost identical to INFRASTRATEGO in theme, UTILITIES 21 is a large game designed for 20 to 60 players and a 2-day play session (18). Players take on the roles of electricity retailers, generators, and consumers in a dynamic electricity market.…”

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New Approach to Modeling Large-Scale Transitions to Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

Bremson

Meier

Lin

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Transportation Research Record

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A large-scale transition to alternative fuels and vehicles is challenging. New modeling approaches are necessary to supplement existing models, such as MARKAL. One promising approach is simulation gaming. Simulation gaming has been used extensively in many fields, most conspicuously in military applications, to provide insights into the dynamics of uncertain processes. A large-scale game to simulate transitions to alternative fuels and vehicles was developed to explore the potential of this approach. Preliminary results of the game play suggest a possible counterintuitive dynamic: high energy prices can discourage the wide-scale adoption of alternative fuel vehicles because increased fuel costs reduce consumers' ability to pay for more costly alternative vehicle technologies.

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“…UTILITIES 21 has been used to learn about the dynamics of deregulation. The simulation has also been used to teach utilities how to implement that knowledge (see Backus & Amlin, 2005 [this issue]).…”

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Deregulation of utility industries and roles of simulation

Wenzler

Kleinlugtenbelt

Mayer

2005

Simulation & Gaming

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The authors describe why and how different types of simulations can be used to understand and support the challenges of utility deregulation. They present an overview of liberalization and deregulation efforts in three utility markets-electricity, natural gas, and drinking water-and describe the main challenges and opportunities for regulators and business managers. A general classification of seven different types of simulation is presented, including market simulations, policy simulations, dynamic business simulations, capability simulations, day-in-a-life simulations, performance simulations, and gaming simulations. The authors reflect on the role of these simulations for utility deregulation and give examples.About a decade ago, electricity, natural gas, and water were produced and distributed by public monopolies in many countries around the world (e.g., in the new EU member states, this is still the case). However, since the late 1980s, a market view has pervaded our thinking about public utilities and has had far-reaching consequences on how utilities are owned, managed, operated, and deregulated. Since then, governments in Europe and the United States have steadily implemented guidelines and reforms aiming to rationalize the "historically grown, but inefficient structures" of public ownership and regional monopolies. By and large, these reforms are characterized as liberalization (i.e., from monopolies to open markets), as privatization (i.e., from public to private ownership), as deregulation (i.e., lowering legal and formal barriers to competition), and as reregulation (i.e., the implementation of regulatory regimes that can safeguard public values and create a level playing field; see

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Using gaming simulation to understand deregulation dynamics

Cited by 7 publications

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Urban Sprawl: Using a Game to Sensitize Stakeholders to the Interdependencies Among Actors’ Preferences

Urban Sprawl: Using a Game to Sensitize Stakeholders to the Interdependencies Among Actors’ Preferences

New Approach to Modeling Large-Scale Transitions to Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

Deregulation of utility industries and roles of simulation

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