Open AccessEvolution of institutional rules: An immune system perspective: Parallels of lymphocytes and institutional rules
Author(s) -
Janssen Marco A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
complexity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1099-0526
pISSN - 1076-2787
DOI - 10.1002/cplx.20091
Subject(s) - parallels , metaphor , perspective (graphical) , computer science , coding (social sciences) , cognitive science , epistemology , sociology , artificial intelligence , psychology , social science , philosophy , linguistics , economics , operations management
This article discusses the evolution of institutional rules, the prescriptions that humans use to shape their collective activities. Four aspects of the rules are discussed: coding, creation, selection, and memory. The immune system provides us a useful metaphor to relate these four aspects into a coherent framework. For each aspect, the relevant dynamics in social systems and immune systems are discussed. Finally, a framework for a computational model to study the evolution of rules is sketched. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 11: 16–23, 2005