Selected Publications

Thesis

C. K. Frantz: Agent-Based Institutional Modelling: Novel Techniques for Deriving Structure from Behaviour, PhD thesis, University of Otago, 2015, Available under: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5906 [PDF] (Supervisors: Martin K. Purvis, Mariusz Nowostawski, Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu) — recognised as exceptional thesis (amongst top 10% of theses examined)

Published:

Siddiki, S. and Frantz, C.K. (2023), Understanding regulation using the Institutional Grammar 2.0. Regulation & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12546

Khatami, S. and Frantz, C. (2023), Copatrec: A correlation pattern recognizer Python package for nonlinear relations, SoftwareX,
Volume 23, 101456, ISSN 2352-7110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2023.101456

Siddiki, S. and Frantz, C. (2022) The institutional grammar in policy process research. Policy Studies Journal. 50: 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12466.

Frantz, C. K. and Siddiki, S. (2022): Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-86371-5, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86372-2

A. H. Afshar Sedigh, M. Purvis, B. T. R. Savarimuthu, C. K. Frantz, and M. A. Purvis (2022): A Comparative Study on Apprenticeship Systems Using Agent-Based Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 25 (1) 1 <http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/25/1/1.html> DOI: 10.18564/jasss.4733

A. Aler Tubella, S. Cranefield, C. Frantz, F. Meneguzzi, W. Vasconcelos (eds.) (2021): Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIII – International Workshops COIN 2017 and COINE 2020, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 8-9, 2017 and Virtual Event, May 9, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, LNCS, vol. 12298, Springer, Cham, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72376-7

C. K. Frantz and S. N. Siddiki (2021): Institutional Grammar 2.0: A Specification for Encoding and Analyzing Institutional Design. Public Administration, 99: 222– 247. DOI: 10.1111/padm.12719

S. Siddiki and C. K. Frantz (2021). New opportunities for institutional analysis in public administration research. Public Administration; 99: 213– 221. DOI: 10.1111/padm.12753

C. K. Frantz and S. N. Siddiki (2020): Institutional Grammar 2.0 Codebook, Available under: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.08937

C. K. Frantz (2020): Unleashing the Agents: From a Descriptive to an Explanatory Perspective in Agent-Based Modelling. In: Verhagen H., Borit M., Bravo G., Wijermans N. (eds) Advances in Social Simulation. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham, pp. 169-185, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_16 [PDF (Preprint)] [Slides]

C. K. Frantz and A. Ghorbani (2019): Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?. In: Payne D. et al. (eds) Social Simulation for a Digital Society. SSC 2017, Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham, pp. 77-89, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-30298-6_7 [PDF (Preprint)]

C. K. Frantz and G. Pigozzi (2018): Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems, in A. Chopra, L. van der Torre, H. Verhagen, S. Villata (eds.): Handbook of Normative Multi-Agent Systems, College Publications. Note: this is a more recent revision of the Journal of Applied Logics article of the same name listed below. See here for details on handbook structure; see here for an overview of the General Norm Life Cycle Model proposed in this chapter)

A. B. Moore, M. Nowostawski, C. Frantz, C. Hulbe (2018): Comic Strip Narratives in Time Geography, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 7, no. 7, Article Number 245, DOI: 10.3390/ijgi7070245 [PDF]

C. K. Frantz and G. Pigozzi (2018): Modelling Norm Dynamics in Multi-Agent Systems, Journal of Applied Logics – IfCoLoG Journal of Logics and their Applications, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 491-564 [PDF] (see here for an overview of the General Norm Life Cycle Model proposed in this article)

C. K. Frantz and M. Nowostawski (2016): From Institutions to Code: Towards Automated Generation of Smart Contracts. 1st IEEE Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems (eCAS), co-located with SASO 2016, Augsburg, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/FAS-W.2016.53, pp. 210-215 [PDF]

C. K. Frantz, B. T. R. Savarimuthu, M. K. Purvis, M. Nowostawski (2016): Generalising Social Structure using Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets, PRIMA 2016: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Springer, LNAI 9862, pp. 344-354, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44832-9_22 [PDF]

M. Nowostawski and C. K. Frantz (2016): Blockchain: The Emergence of Distributed Autonomous Institutions. The Sixth International Conference on Social Media Technologies, Communication, and Informatics (SOTICS) 2016, Rome [PDF]

C. K. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, B. T. R. Savarimuthu, M. Nowostawski (2015): Modelling Dynamic Normative Understanding in Agent Societies. Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 355-378, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12694/scpe.v16i4.1128 [PDF] (extended version of PRIMA 2014 paper)

C. K. Frantz, S. Keertipati, M. K. Purvis, M. A. Purvis (2015): Subjective Interpretation of Directive Terms: Methodology and Preliminary Results. International Conference on Culture and Computing 2015, Kyoto, pp. 137-144, DOI: 10.1109/Culture.and.Computing.2015.40 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, B. T. R. Savarimuthu, M. Nowostawski (2015): Modelling the Impact of Role Specialisation on Cooperative Behaviour in Historic Trader Scenarios. Coordination, Organizations, Institutions and Norms in Agent Systems X, Springer, LNAI 9372, pp. 53-71, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25420-3_4 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, M. Nowostawski, B. T. R. Savarimuthu (2015): Analysing the Apprenticeship System in the Maghribi Traders Coalition. Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XV, Springer, LNCS 9002, pp. 180-196, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14627-0_13 [Additional Resources (3D Visualisation of Simulation Results)]

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, M. A. Purvis, M. Nowostawski, N. D. Lewis (2015): Fuzzy Modelling of Economic Institutional Rules. In: A. Sadeghian, H. Tahayori (eds.): Frontiers of Higher Order Fuzzy Sets, Springer, pp. 87-129, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3442-9_6

C. K. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, B. T. R. Savarimuthu, M. Nowostawski (2014): Modelling Dynamic Normative Understanding in Agent Societies. PRIMA 2014: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Springer, LNAI 8861, pp. 294-310, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13191-7_24 [Simulation Video] [Poster (full quality)]

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, M. Nowostawski, B. T. R. Savarimuthu (2014): Analysing the Dynamics of Norm Evolution Using Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technologies (IAT), Warsaw, vol. 3, pp. 230-237, DOI: 10.1109/WI-IAT.2014.172 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, M. Nowostawski, B. T. R. Savarimuthu (2014): Modelling Institutions using Dynamic Deontics. Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems IX, Springer, LNAI 8386, pp. 211-233, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07314-9_12 [PDF]

M. K. Purvis, M. A. Purvis, C. Frantz (2014): CKSW: A Folk-Sociological Meta-Model for Agent-Based Modelling, social.path 2014, Surrey (UK) [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, M. Nowostawski (2014): Agent-Based Modeling of Information Transmission in Early Historic Trading. Social Science Computer Review, vol. 32, no. 3 (June), pp. 393-416, DOI: 10.1177/0894439313511931

C. Frantz, M. K. Purvis, M. Nowostawski, B. T. R. Savarimuthu (2013): nADICO: A Nested Grammar of Institutions. PRIMA 2013: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Springer, LNCS 8291, pp. 429-436, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-44927-7_31 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. Nowostawski, M. K. Purvis (2012): Augmenting Android with AOSE Principles for Enhanced Functionality Reuse in Mobile Applications. Advanced Agent Technology, Springer, pp. 187-211, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27216-5_13 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. Nowostawski, M. K. Purvis (2012): Micro-Agents on Android: Interfacing Agents with Mobile Applications. Advanced Agent Technology, Springer, pp. 488-502, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27216-5_37 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. Nowostawski, M. K. Purvis (2011): Dynamic Ad Hoc Coordination of Distributed Tasks using Micro-Agents. Agents in Principle, Agents in Practice, PRIMA 2011, Springer, pp. 275-286, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_22 [PDF]

C. Frantz, M. Nowostawski, M. Purvis (2010): Multi-agent Platforms and Asynchronous Message Passing: Frameworks Overview. Information Science Discussion Papers Series No. 2010/07, University of Otago. Available under: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/892