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{{Short description|General term for rules, including delegated legislation and self-regulation}}
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'''Regulation''' is the management of [[complex systems]] according to a set of rules and trends. In [[systems theory]], these types of rules exist in various fields of [[biology]] and [[society]], but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For example:
* in [[government]], typically regulation (or its plural) refers to the [[delegated legislation]] which is adopted to enforce primary legislation; including [[Land-use planning|land-use regulation]]
* in economy: [[regulatory economics]]
* in finance: [[financial regulation]]
* in business, [[industry self-regulation]] occurs through [[self-regulatory organization]]s and [[trade association]]s which allow industries to set and enforce rules with less government involvement; and,
* in biology, [[gene regulation]] and [[metabolic regulation]] allow living organisms to adapt to their environment and maintain [[homeostasis]];
* in psychology, [[self-regulation theory]] is the study of how individuals regulate their thoughts and behaviors to reach goals.