Regulation

general term for the use of rules or controls in human institutions, including delegated legislation and self-regulation within an organisation

Regulation is the management of complex systems. It is based on a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in many parts of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings. For example:

The opposite of regulation is deregulation.

References

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  1. Levi-Faur, David, Regulation and Regulatory Governance, Jerusalem Papers in Regulation and Governance, No.1, 2010